"The cause is the same as it always has been: it is easier for some people to get to the desired standard of living by stealing/other crime than by working." T

"The cause is the same as it always has been: it is easier for some people to get to the desired standard of living by stealing/other crime than by working." This is based on the (imho) wrong assumption that people prefer stealing over working when it's easier. But this is not true, people prefer to work but they need to live and their children need to live. You should remove the necessity to steal by building a social infrastructure that helps struggling people. The case for this is nicely details in "Human Kind" by Rutger Bregman [0]. [0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52879286-humankind https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52879286-humankind