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No one considers that perhaps ever-increasing inequality in the Bay Area has also increased both the incentive to commit crime and the disincentive to prosecute
by bsanr2 5y ago
No one considers that perhaps ever-increasing inequality in the Bay Area has also increased both the incentive to commit crime and the disincentive to prosecute it. It would stand to reason that the people who are desperate would be more desperate than ever, while the people who are well-off would be more able to eat the costs than ever. No one is happy but the dynamic is grotesquely sustainable.
- Lucasoato 5y agoWhy unvoting? Of course it would be too easy for themselves justifying their actions blaming inequality, but if in some place life isn't sustainable for others but the super-rich... That's of course going to push people to commit more crimes.
- FDSGSG 5y ago> the people who are desperate would be more desperate than ever This does not follow from increasing inequality. The poor do not get poorer, rich just get richer (faster).
- alsetmusic 5y ago> This does not follow from increasing inequality. The poor do not get poorer, rich just get richer (faster). The poor stay poor. The lower-middle class becomes poor.