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Contrary to the breathless screeds from fox news, "thug" is not a type of person. Crime is something a person does, not who they are. When people do things, th
by hannasanarion 6y ago
Contrary to the breathless screeds from fox news, "thug" is not a type of person.
Crime is something a person does, not who they are. When people do things, they do them for a reason. The most common reason for street crime is extreme poverty, and the most common cause of extreme poverty is white-collar crime.
- andi999 6y agoSo a cobbler is not a cobbler?
- hannasanarion 6y agoYes, but they can also be a criminal. Criminal is not a race. It is not a class. It is not a profession. Nobody is a criminal until they do a crime, and anyone can do a crime. Most crimes are done by poor people in desperation at great risk. The most harmful crimes are done by rich people out of greed with very little risk.
- andi999 6y agoWith thugs I mean criminal as a profession.
- adwn 6y ago> and the most common cause of extreme poverty is white-collar crime You lost me there. Do you mean that a) of the set of extremely poor people, most are extremely poor because they've been the direct victim of white-collar crime, or b) white-collar crime as a whole is the leading cause for extreme poverty in a society? Both interpretations seem very wrong to me. Do you have any data to back up that assertion?