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> What exactly is your solution for "bad behavior" in society then? There are many possible solutions for "bad behavior in public"; on the "carrot" side there'
by quacked 3y ago
> What exactly is your solution for "bad behavior" in society then?
There are many possible solutions for "bad behavior in public"; on the "carrot" side there's better education, better nutrition, more peaceful neighborhoods, and better care for mental health and addiction; on the "stick" side there's prison, involuntary confinement to mental wards, corporal punishment, and shaming. In many other places in the world people who can't look after themselves are stopped by external forces who care to apply behavioral standards to public conduct.
"Bad behavior" will never be eliminated from any society, but it is not true that there is no possible solution that allows us to live in a society where late-night fast food workers aren't regularly threatened by violent people.
Regarding projecting my own bias on the piece, I am indeed biased against prostitutes, pimps, johns, people who are violent towards fast food workers, organized crime, unorganized crime, and anyone else who regularly engages in antisocial behavior for self-gratification. I don't mind and even enjoy writing that explores these underworlds and details the motivations of people who live in them, but this piece was clearly written by someone who has a strong distaste for a "normal", healthy society, and believes that the lowest parts of society are as or more valuable than the rest of it.