Hey Kids... We are now a dozen days in to the overwhelming protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
It is truly amazing to see how people are coming together to decry the problem of unfairness in the world. The good news is that there is a solution...
Sure "Racism" is a brutal and visible symptom of the problem, but the actual problem is unfairness; and you don't need to be black or brown to have been treated unfairly by both the government and the market. Mostly what you need to be is poor.
The solution to "Unfairness" in government, and that includes the police forces paid for by governments, starts with a fair and simple tax code.
Once you figure out what your economy is truly worth, invest the lions share of The Peoples Resources in education and infrastructure instead of bombs, bullets and 'security'.
I realize that the Tax Code and The Police seem far removed from one another, but the key here is the education and infrastructure that can be had if only the government actually taxed us fairly and we knew the true value of our tax base.
This unrest begins with poor people facing few options in life because options take resources and capitalism doesn't see the long-term profit in educating the masses or providing quality infrastructure that is free for everyone to use.
This is why we pay for government: To take care of the industries that modern humanity must have to survive like Education, Infrastructure, Health Care, and Security - all of which should be run for reasons other than efficiency and profit.
Some human industry should be capitalistic in a dog-eat-dog marketplace. Unfairness in the market CAN be addressed by legislation, but only if the people you elect to represent you in government become more interested in consumers and less interested in the producers and the merchants, especially the very large ones.