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"Restore morality and revamp the idea of punishment to actually be a deterrent in the 21st century and these things will go away." If's funny to say that after
by FrenchDevRemote 4y ago
"Restore morality and revamp the idea of punishment to actually be a deterrent in the 21st century and these things will go away."
If's funny to say that after admitting that we're animals driven by instinct.
Making morality and punishment a priority won't change a thing when people have to choose between making rent/eating lunch/buying meds or committing crimes. The easiest way to prevent criminality, is feeding people, housing, healthcare, and education on a longer timeline.
Also people tend to underestimate punishment and overestimate rewards, especially desperate people, people everywhere are routinely risking years of jail for a hundred dollars.
- bm3719 4y agoAnimals, or at least most mammals and birds, can be trained. Human animals that haven't been trained with a morality system or something effectively similar have only a relatively straight-forward cost/benefit analysis as their decision calculus. Most humans have a morality system to the extent that they'd rather starve to death than engage in cannibalism, for example. It requires more effort, but they can also be socialized to endure reduced access to drugs in exchange for not stealing.