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> This makes the assumption that poorness and crime are correlated, which I recently learned is not a universal truth. Two variables can be correlated, without
by jonny_eh 5y ago
> This makes the assumption that poorness and crime are correlated, which I recently learned is not a universal truth.
Two variables can be correlated, without being a universal truth.
- raxxorrax 5y agoI think it is a universal truth if crime offers more opportunities than honest work. But if everyone is dirt poor, there are also few opportunities for crime. You need a certain level of inequality because crime needs victims. Not much profit from steeling some cow from a poor farmer.