Reductive arguments rarely hold up in the real world. It is not true that if we had a great universal safety net there would be no crime. But it's also not true

Reductive arguments rarely hold up in the real world. It is not true that if we had a great universal safety net there would be no crime. But it's also not true that advocating for a rebalance of the resources going into this space towards prevention and away from punishment is arguing for mass wealth theft. There is no paradox in that.