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Imagine your thought would be more like: "huh what made a fellow human go so far to steal from an AirBnB rental in Las Vegas on Thanksgiving? We should make s

by kamera 6y ago

Imagine your thought would be more like: "huh what made a fellow human go so far to steal from an AirBnB rental in Las Vegas on Thanksgiving? We should make sure that education and social support are so strong that this is not an issue. But hey, its just easier to try to solve it the other way around right? You can develop your face detection and human beeing tracking skynet from your nice SF home with your nice gear and let the policy handle those animals. I don't think this is easy for anyone dont' get me wrong but even myself i'm sometimes envy of the neighbours greener gras while i'm off very very well and i'm very torn if thats fair or not. Im still egoistic enough that i'm not giving my stuff away and still being smart about my money, but at least im living in a much more social country. People in the usa should perhaps start to solve the real hard problems. 128 place in the global peace index is not very good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index Ah and just a tip for every traveler: Take only what you need, always look it away or have it on you.

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tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago
> "huh what made a fellow human go so far to steal from an AirBnB rental in Las Vegas on Thanksgiving? You seem to imply desperation, lack of perspective etc., but given that what they stole is worth several months' of wages for many people, maybe it was just greed, and the person doesn't need help, they need proper incentives. And by incentives, I mean getting caught and thrown in jail.
- burnthrow 6y ago
  Fencing proceeds are generally 5-10% of expected sale value. That's a few hundred dollars at most, if you accept the OP's dubious "brand new" valuation of all possessions. $100-300 is gone the same night if the thief's hooked on meth or heroin, which in Nevada is almost certain.
- kamera 6y ago
  " imply desperation, lack of perspective etc" Does it really matter when you steal if you take all macbooks or just one? Of course those people don't see any issue in what they are doing. It's time to resocialize people. Proper incentive? Like being thrown into jail which is not designed to rehabilitate those people? It looks to me that this is a very good approach on how its handled in the USA. Not solving any real issues, making sure people land in jail and when they are out, continuing what they where doing before. Additional more police force, more video cameras, more survailance systems, more guns (don't forget the guns!) etc. Sounds similar to 'war of drugs' which works as well as the USA prison system. Don't get me wrong, perhaps USA is just so so much different then the rest of the world but the USA has the most people incarcerated per 100,000 residents of the whole world. Just let that sink in and question yourself if there is just something not working. "The U.S. incarceration rate is 693 per 100,000 residents —compared to 76 per 100,000 in Germany"
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ffggvv 6y ago
why are you making up some fake backstory for the thieves? for all you know they are millionaires and doing it for fun. not every criminal is a victim of the society. some just steal stuff for fun or because they dont want a job or because they can.

by kamera 6y ago

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tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago

> "huh what made a fellow human go so far to steal from an AirBnB rental in Las Vegas on Thanksgiving? You seem to imply desperation, lack of perspective etc., but given that what they stole is worth several months' of wages for many people, maybe it was just greed, and the person doesn't need help, they need proper incentives. And by incentives, I mean getting caught and thrown in jail.

burnthrow 6y ago
Fencing proceeds are generally 5-10% of expected sale value. That's a few hundred dollars at most, if you accept the OP's dubious "brand new" valuation of all possessions. $100-300 is gone the same night if the thief's hooked on meth or heroin, which in Nevada is almost certain.
kamera 6y ago
" imply desperation, lack of perspective etc" Does it really matter when you steal if you take all macbooks or just one? Of course those people don't see any issue in what they are doing. It's time to resocialize people. Proper incentive? Like being thrown into jail which is not designed to rehabilitate those people? It looks to me that this is a very good approach on how its handled in the USA. Not solving any real issues, making sure people land in jail and when they are out, continuing what they where doing before. Additional more police force, more video cameras, more survailance systems, more guns (don't forget the guns!) etc. Sounds similar to 'war of drugs' which works as well as the USA prison system. Don't get me wrong, perhaps USA is just so so much different then the rest of the world but the USA has the most people incarcerated per 100,000 residents of the whole world. Just let that sink in and question yourself if there is just something not working. "The U.S. incarceration rate is 693 per 100,000 residents —compared to 76 per 100,000 in Germany"
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ffggvv 6y ago

why are you making up some fake backstory for the thieves? for all you know they are millionaires and doing it for fun. not every criminal is a victim of the society. some just steal stuff for fun or because they dont want a job or because they can.