Comment on Who should america be more concerned about MS-13 or Russia?
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 days agoLook, you asked which of these threats Americans should be more worried about, and I’d be more worried about armed criminal gang members than some spooks in Washington, because the former could pose a direct and immediate threat to my life.
Even if you’re an illegal and worried about ICE, the worst they’ll do is deport you and send you to an El Salvadorean prison, but at least you’ll still get there in one piece. MS-13 will chop you up with a machete if you cross them.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Russian influence plunging america into a recession or their wet dream depression/schism is more of a threat to your life then MS-13, which I would guess is low odds.
By this same logic you should be in the streets protesting cars because you could literally die anytime you walk out your front door.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 days ago
Depressions are survivable. Being chopped up with a machete is not.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 4 days ago
We were talking odds. Depression would dramatically increase everyone’s odds of dying. You think gangs are bad now. Let’s bring on a depression.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 days ago
Dude, it’s like you’re worried about dying of cancer while swimming in a lake full of alligators.
Also, if you’re that worried about a depression making crime worse, wouldn’t it be better if we deported all the foreign gang members first? Seems like that would at least slightly improve the odds of surviving.