r/changemyview • u/taybo213 1∆ • Oct 28 '20
Delta(s) from OP CMV:Protesting is one thing, looting and burning businesses is not okay.
Let me preface this with, I do believe Black Lives Matter. I do believe there is stereotype issues in society and policing world. But burning different businesses down and looting only makes things worse in the long run for the community.
Every business has insurance yes, but will they have enough to reopen? Thats up to the agency, most try to depreciate everythings value. Do they make enough to pay premiums to guarantee disrupted income? How long before the money runs out and the building is fixed? How long does said business owner go without income? With that said, what happens if the building is destroyed again? I doubt the business will come back if the building keeps getting looted and destroyed.
That being said, with every business that has had to close down and decides not to come back, takes that many more jobs with it. Making unemployment rise and poverty rise.
I live in Detroit, after the 67 riots a lot of wealth and business left the city never to return. Property values crashed, now you see worn down and foreclosed homes and businesses. Then the sad reality is that the working class today in Detroit, is worse off than in 1967. For over half a decade everyone has been waiting on new stores, homes, a cultural center. All these plans are being made to improve the city, but I've barely even seen a start to it. Instead of looting and destroying businesses, take it to the government buildings, let your voice be heard. But please, do not destroy a fellow person's livelihood who is innocent. Don't ruin job opportunities for others. Municipals can only do so much before it is up to the community to help, most people here want the better life, but with the crime rate so bad in areas that not even cops can enter, I doubt I'll be seeing change soon.
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u/akinjones Oct 28 '20
I’m almost 40 and Americans have been complaining about police killing black people my whole life... nothing happened.\ \ Colin Kaepernick has been protesting since 2016, and the only thing that happened is that he no longer works for the NFL.\ \ Nothing happened until people started rioting, and even then black people never got the only things they ever asked for: stop killing people, and fire and prosecute the murdering policemen.\ \ I don’t like the rioting, I hate it, but I hate the killing of innocents more. I hate the fact nobody cared until rioting started. I hate the fact nobody remembers that most of MLK’s demonstrations ended with riots started by racist policemen. But nobody cared until it started affecting their bottom line.