I suppose you also need water, shelter, healthcare, and clothes - but these things are all provided free to people who can't afford them. I think people who bl

I suppose you also need water, shelter, healthcare, and clothes - but these things are all provided free to people who can't afford them. I think people who blame "the system" are basically ignorant and harmful. They are ignorant because they ignore all the services, benefits, and charities that currently exist and remove the "I had to steal to survive" defense. They are harmful because they distract well intentioned people who believe their nonsense into not solving the problem and they leave the drug addicted and mentally ill to decay in the streets causing problems for the rest of us.