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> punishment This makes the big assumption that people know or care about the punishment. Most people do, but plenty of people are desperate and just don't giv

• prawn 5y ago
  I think if you flip that thinking, there'd be people spreading the word that the prevention is minimal and the punishment not a serious deterrent. e.g., no one thinks "I wonder what happens if you're busted grabbing stuff out of a shipping container?" But if there's no punishment, word would spread fast. "Those guys have been doing it for weeks and no one cares. X got busted but they had to let him off light. They don't do anything about it!"
  • creato 5y ago
    There's also literal evidence from the original article that these criminals know they won't be punished and can do it with impunity.
• vba616 5y ago
  That seems likely, but that's existing criminals. Doesn't it make logical sense that lowering punishment enough will attract rational people who are not desperate to do crimes?