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Absolutely not. There are actually human costs to it. My parents are old (in their 70s), and they are lucky to have a CVS near by where they can walk and get

Absolutely not. There are actually human costs to it. My parents are old (in their 70s), and they are lucky to have a CVS near by where they can walk and get their medicine and basic needs. Pharmacies and grocery stores being forced to close due to unchecked theft inflict pain and major lowering of quality of life to people around the neighborhood, and especially to people that can't just drive to the next store. Also "just use online", may not be a solution. Medicine (especially pain pills), are continuous target of thefts. Once the stores are closed, then the organized criminals move into homes. Next you will have to start installing heavy iron bars in your home. If you walk in parts of brooklyn, you'd see older homes that had massive bars even in 2nd floor windows, just to keep the people safe. The market just doesn't solve the collapse of society. Unchecked theft costs to all society.

creamynebula 5y ago
I don't know what needs to start happening for society to reach a consensus that we need to address the problems of poverty and inequaliy in income and access to good education
coryrc 5y ago
We live in a democracy, more or less, which allows the majority to dictate what is acceptable in society. The majority has decided that a subset of society is not beholden to the laws the rest of us are. Jim Crow laws were unjust and it was the victims who had to fight it. Elderly people have most of the wealth in this country, if they've got a problem then they should put that wealth to work convincing a majority of their views.
- GiorgioG 5y ago
  > Elderly people have most of the wealth in this country, if they've got a problem then they should put that wealth to work convincing a majority of their views. The elderly people with this wealth don't care - they can afford to live in places where this isn't a problem. Everyone else (young and old alike) can take a hike as far as these rich old folks are concerned.
- zbentley 5y ago
  > Elderly people have most of the wealth in this country That's...so reductive as to be actively misleading. "Have", "most", and "wealth" all deserve several asterisks.
phendrenad2 5y ago
Part of "let the market handle it" is your parents moving to a safer place.

creamynebula 5y ago

I don't know what needs to start happening for society to reach a consensus that we need to address the problems of poverty and inequaliy in income and access to good education

coryrc 5y ago

We live in a democracy, more or less, which allows the majority to dictate what is acceptable in society. The majority has decided that a subset of society is not beholden to the laws the rest of us are. Jim Crow laws were unjust and it was the victims who had to fight it. Elderly people have most of the wealth in this country, if they've got a problem then they should put that wealth to work convincing a majority of their views.

GiorgioG 5y ago
> Elderly people have most of the wealth in this country, if they've got a problem then they should put that wealth to work convincing a majority of their views. The elderly people with this wealth don't care - they can afford to live in places where this isn't a problem. Everyone else (young and old alike) can take a hike as far as these rich old folks are concerned.
zbentley 5y ago
> Elderly people have most of the wealth in this country That's...so reductive as to be actively misleading. "Have", "most", and "wealth" all deserve several asterisks.

phendrenad2 5y ago

Part of "let the market handle it" is your parents moving to a safer place.