The primary cause of crime and social unrest is stressful jobs and inability to pay the bills. In other words: perception of relative status. People who are ha

The primary cause of crime and social unrest is stressful jobs and inability to pay the bills. In other words: perception of relative status. People who are happy in their jobs, have enough to pay the bills, who have personal dignity, and who get genuine delight from their everyman/everywoman pastimes have good perceptions of their relative status. When everyone is truly "middle class" in perception, society is healthy.