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FWIW, this recent recession is currently considered an anomaly because crime rates did not go up. When the economy slowed down everyone braced for a spike in t
by evgen 16y ago
FWIW, this recent recession is currently considered an anomaly because crime rates did not go up. When the economy slowed down everyone braced for a spike in the various crime rates that seems to inevitably follow such an event, and they waited...and waited...
- chipsy 16y agoSome of this could be attributed to having much better opiates for the masses these days. A phone, a game console, or an old Internet-capable computer can all provide a near-limitless, cheap, side-effect-less escape. This wasn't the case in 1990 - the technologies were there but not mature and widespread.