> People have been blaming entitlement and lack of punishment as a source of crime for 5,000 years though and yet nobody has ever shown that to be an actual cau

> People have been blaming entitlement and lack of punishment as a source of crime for 5,000 years though and yet nobody has ever shown that to be an actual cause. Or maybe, if for 5000 years people from many different civilizations all independently reached the same conclusion, it's because the conclusion is true? Look at El Salvador—punishment introduced, crime eliminated. Seems like pretty solid empirical evidence to me!