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You might be surprised to learn how many people get into jobs like drug dealing because it's the career option in their community that pays better than minimum
by bunderbunder 9y ago
You might be surprised to learn how many people get into jobs like drug dealing because it's the career option in their community that pays better than minimum wage.
Crime also tends to correlate negatively with wealth redistribution, not positively. Correlation != causation, natch, but it's also the case that if your causative claim were true, then one would expect the correlation to be positive rather than negative.
- stretchwithme 9y agoI don't consider selling products to people to be a crime.
- bunderbunder 9y agoIt's generally an entry level position in a company that operates in the "organized crime" market sector.
- stretchwithme 9y agoOnly where it is illegal. If victimless crimes like gambling, high interest lending, drug use and adult prostitution were all legal, there be less of a reason for organized crime to exist. My feeling is that this sort of things should be regulated at a neighborhood level, so that it is possible to not have them in some neighborhoods where they are unpopular, while still being accessible in other not-too-distant areas where people do want them. In any case, such trade is not a crime that would go away with basic income. People will have MORE to spend on vices, actually. I think there are plenty of people on disability who also use opioids. That would be a lot harder without that money.