About the unleashed gun violence across the nation...
I’m sure the conditions down the socioeconomic scale is especially chaotic, global pandemic and all.
In normal times Cops spend so much time crushing everybody but when shit crosses the line and people scream enough! Cops pull back and say they’re scared to interact.
Pull the Lion out of the savannah and the jackals and hyenas move up a notch and fight for the turf ceded by the bigger predator.
The citizens catch the shit one way or another.
I'm a little unsettled by this comment. It seems you're using Social Darwinism to explain an American domestic violence issue. But let's look further at the analogy.
Cops are lions. Citizens are, what? Impalas? Hyenas and jackals are pretty good at letting others kill for them, then they swoop in and steal prey. So, they're more like mobsters.
The most effective predators on the Savannah are wild dogs, who collaborate to kill. But they only kill to survive. And they always feed the youngest, oldest, and sickest among themselves, first.
Most creatures don't join together to stop the predators. Buffalo, however, will fight predators. As will elephants. They have strong social groups. But most animals just bolt from the scene if a predator goes after one of their own.
So. Please clarify. Because when communities like those that buffalo and elephant build come together, they can work to stop predators. They can't eliminate them, but they can greatly frustrate them.
Or they can be like the Impala, and try to outrun predators.
Doesn't always work, though. On the savannah the Impala is known as the McDonald's of the bush. Why? Because every major predator eats them. Their defense mechanism is to always be on the alert, run fast, and reproduce prolifically.
Better to be an elephant than an Impala. Or a buffalo.
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