The problem is that these containers are undifferentiated from the outside and might be carrying material necessary to essentials in our society. And thus, in t

The problem is that these containers are undifferentiated from the outside and might be carrying material necessary to essentials in our society. And thus, in their quest for robbing consumer goods, the thieves will discard anything else. Railway, especially freight railway, provide such a huge backbone to the US’s logistical network that this can have some repercussions on things that may be needed to provide for the very impoverished communities that soft on crime stances purport to help. I fear that LA might snap and elect a right-wing strongman who campaigns on law and order and subsequently brings on other rather terrible policies in exchange for the city saying “enough” to the rising crime rates.