>> We need to be way tougher on crime. Immediate life sentences without parole for murder, ending catch+release for property theft. > If you want there to be l

>> We need to be way tougher on crime. Immediate life sentences without parole for murder, ending catch+release for property theft. > If you want there to be less crime you have to treat it as the social class problem it is and find ways to get people access to other ways of living, or if they're ill (mentally or otherwise) get them care and shelter. IMHO, you probably have to do both. There do exist people who are just antisocial, who don't have the self-control to stop themselves from committing crimes or who lack the moral framework to avoid crime if it would otherwise satisfy a goal. And even with crime was driven by "social class problems," even if you solve all those there's still the problem of transitioning from one regime to the other, and dealing with people who's habits and mindset from the old regime keep them committing crimes in the new one.