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JD Vance had said that Christians should prioritize families over strangers. The new pope, before he was pope, disagreed trying to talk for Jesus. Any Christian that puts a stranger over their own family is not a Christian.

#Traffic Safety vs. the War on Terror: A Life-Saving Opportunity We’re Ignoring

By a Coalition of Public Health Experts, Economists, and Urban Planners

Every year, 1.3 million people die in road crashes worldwide—equivalent to eight 9/11 attacks every single month. Yet while governments spend trillions on counterterrorism, traffic safety—a far deadlier and more preventable threat—remains chronically underfunded.

If we reallocated even a fraction of the resources wasted on low-probability terror threats toward evidence-based traffic reforms, we could save hundreds of thousands of lives annually at a fraction of the cost. Here’s how.

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1. The Staggering Death Toll of Traffic Violence
- Annual Global Road Deaths: ~1.3 million (WHO).
- Injuries: Up to 50 million, many life-altering.
- Economic Cost: ~3% of global GDP lost yearly.

By comparison:
- Terrorism kills ~20,000-40,000/year globally (Global Terrorism Database).
- Post-9/11 War Spending: ~$8 trillion (Brown University).

Bottom line: You are 50 times more likely to die in a car crash than in a terror attack—yet fear, not data, drives policy.

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2. What Works in Traffic Safety (But Isn’t Funded Like It Should Be)
Proven, cost-effective solutions exist—they just lack political will:

A. Infrastructure Fixes
- Protected bike lanes & sidewalks (reduce pedestrian deaths by 40-50%).
- Roundabouts (cut fatal crashes by 90% vs. intersections).
- Better street lighting (reduces night crashes by 30%).

B. Policy Changes
- Lower speed limits (cutting urban speeds from 40mph to 30mph reduces deaths by 50%).
- Strict DUI enforcement (saves ~150,000 lives/year if applied globally).
- Vehicle safety regulations (mandating automatic braking could prevent ~20% of crashes).

C. Cost Comparison
- War on Terror: ~$300 million per life "saved" (RAND Corporation).
- Traffic Safety: ~$5,000-$50,000 per life saved (WHO).

For the cost of one F-35 fighter jet ($80M), we could:
- Build 800 km of protected bike lanes (saving ~1,000 lives/year).
- Install speed cameras across an entire major city.

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3. Why Does Terrorism Get More Attention Than Traffic Deaths?
A. Fear Sells, Boring Problems Don’t
- Terrorism is rare, dramatic, and televised—car crashes are routine and ignored.
- Media coverage bias: In the U.S., terror gets 100x more news attention than traffic deaths (Harvard study).

B. Political Theater Over Real Solutions
- "Tough on terror" wins votes; "tough on reckless driving" doesn’t.
- Lobbying: Auto/oil industries resist speed limits, pedestrian zones, and transit funding.

C. Misaligned Spending
- U.S. spends ~$100B/year on TSA & homeland security (with questionable effectiveness).
- Only ~$1B/year on federal traffic safety grants—despite 40,000+ U.S. road deaths/year.

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4. A Smarter Approach: What Governments Should Do
1. Reallocate 10% of counterterrorism budgets to traffic safety (saving ~200,000 lives/year).
2. Adopt "Vision Zero" policies (as in Sweden, where road deaths fell 50% in 20 years).
3. Design safer streets (prioritizing pedestrians over cars).
4. Treat traffic violence like a public health crisis (not "accidents").

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Conclusion: A Matter of Political Courage
We have the tools to dramatically reduce road deaths today—unlike terrorism, which is unpredictable and hard to eradicate. But because traffic violence lacks the fear factor, it remains neglected.

If we shifted even a fraction of the money, attention, and urgency we apply to terrorism toward road safety, we could save more lives each year than all modern wars combined. The question isn’t whether we can do it—it’s whether we care enough to try.

It’s time to stop fearing shadows and start fixing streets.

All I did was ask if Russian anti war propaganda could have caused Americans and Europeans to believe a false idea of what really happened? That's it, all I did. I didn't say it didn't happen, I didn't say the Germans were justified, all i did was ask the other person to think about the context of when this happened. Were talking super baby steps here. Still too much to bear, and they were shrieking im some kind of Hitler loving anti semitic clan member.

Except when jews kill millions of Christians, that's cool. Armenian genocide? No biggie. Bolsheviks massacring the Tsar? Non issue, who cares. But 6 million "dead" jews has become more important than the many tens of millions of Whites that died.

I'm part of a dispensationlist church and holy crap, you'd think these people think death and destruction is a GOOD thing. They get overjoyed at the idea of their entire country going to shit. Mixed with suicidal apathy, and you'd think these people WANT to die. Such blatant lack of care for anything and everything. These assholes would fuck over their own kids to virtue signal to niggers. They'll help anyone but their own, going so far to outcast anyone who trying to maintain some sense in their teachings. And when their own kids hate them, and want nothing to do with their cultist bullshit, they think it's God teaching them a lesson. No, stop being a fucking retard and realize your kids hate you for forcing your virtue signaling, suicidal ideology onto them. An ideology where they need to endlessly sacrifice their money and time, only to get fucked over at every turn.

Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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