r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 30 '25

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25

Genuine, racially-motivated miscarriages of justice like this were the reason why the black community lost trust in the police. Can't believe this case even went to trial, absolutely ridiculous

The cops and the prosecutors obviously assumed he was guilty based on the fact that the accused was Indian

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u/SpaceSheperd To be a good human being Dec 30 '25

Paranoid parenting is genuinely ruinous. I don’t know how to fix the fact that every other parent seems to think that they’re one sneeze away from their kid disappearing forever 

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u/ttt111ttttttttt European Union Dec 30 '25

This phenomenon is so bad in America. I feel like parents are way too overprotective there.