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South Africa has had very serious crime problems for a long time. It's not a 3rd world thing because it's richer than its neighbors but seems to have far more v
by t43562 3y ago
South Africa has had very serious crime problems for a long time. It's not a 3rd world thing because it's richer than its neighbors but seems to have far more violent crime. In general though, when the government is corrupt, suffers state capture, cannot even properly put a former PM in jail for corruption etc then you can imagine they're not sorting out any of the causes or causees of this sort of crime.
- lucisferre 3y ago> cannot even properly put a former PM in jail for corruption Sounds familiar
- iacvlvs 3y agoSouth Africa’s violent crime problem isn’t despite its wealth, it’s because of the wealth and, crucially, the inequality in its distribution. Higher inequality is associated with higher crime and lower social trust. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80897-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80897-8