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Most criminals in the US aren’t desperately poor or anything. This isn’t like they’re steal bread to feed their hungry children. They mostly just do it because

by jrpt 3y ago

Most criminals in the US aren’t desperately poor or anything. This isn’t like they’re steal bread to feed their hungry children. They mostly just do it because they enjoy it (thrill seeking) or think it’s a way to make more money faster and easier than a real job. I was burglarized in Palo Alto a few years ago and the suspects were caught on neighboring cameras. They were apparently just high schoolers doing it for fun. I never got my stuff back. And I wasn’t living in a fancy house or anything. It was cheap apartments and they stole my kitchen supplies and old clothing and non-expensive stuff like that.

cogitoergofutuo 3y ago
> Most criminals in the US aren’t desperately poor or anything (…)They mostly just do it because they enjoy it (thrill seeking)… and >…or think it’s a way to make more money faster and easier than a real job. Are contradictory statements. It is fascinating how easy it is to casually say “Criminals don’t need money, they do crime for the thrill! Or the money!” as if thrills and money are the same thing since they were said in the same breath. The person you’re responding to pointed out several factors that could influence someone to need to get money as quickly as possible. It isn’t a rebuttal to say “Those criminals don’t do crime to get money for reasons involving shelter, healthcare, or other things that could be addressed by a stronger safety net! They’re do crime to get money for… other, mysterious reasons! Perhaps the ill-gotten loot is itself seductive far beyond pedestrian causes like ‘rent’” I have met quite a few criminals in my life and none of them would fit the characterization of “A cross between Evil Knievel and the hordweard dragon Smaug”
autoexec 3y ago
> Most criminals in the US aren’t desperately poor or anything. They mostly just do it because they enjoy it You got a source that most criminals aren't poor?

by jrpt 3y ago

cogitoergofutuo 3y ago

> Most criminals in the US aren’t desperately poor or anything (…)They mostly just do it because they enjoy it (thrill seeking)… and >…or think it’s a way to make more money faster and easier than a real job. Are contradictory statements. It is fascinating how easy it is to casually say “Criminals don’t need money, they do crime for the thrill! Or the money!” as if thrills and money are the same thing since they were said in the same breath. The person you’re responding to pointed out several factors that could influence someone to need to get money as quickly as possible. It isn’t a rebuttal to say “Those criminals don’t do crime to get money for reasons involving shelter, healthcare, or other things that could be addressed by a stronger safety net! They’re do crime to get money for… other, mysterious reasons! Perhaps the ill-gotten loot is itself seductive far beyond pedestrian causes like ‘rent’” I have met quite a few criminals in my life and none of them would fit the characterization of “A cross between Evil Knievel and the hordweard dragon Smaug”

autoexec 3y ago

> Most criminals in the US aren’t desperately poor or anything. They mostly just do it because they enjoy it You got a source that most criminals aren't poor?