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> Don't about 60% of Americans live pay check to pay check? It's way less than that, closer to 20%. And if you're in that kind of financial situation, you wo
by vkou 3y ago
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Don't about 60% of Americans live pay check to pay check?
It's way less than that, closer to 20%.
And if you're in that kind of financial situation, you won't be able to afford killing someone over property. If you're that precarious, even if you're eventually 100% cleared of all the legal questions, the costs/time spent on it will ruin you. That kind of poverty is highly correlated with... Having a lot of difficulties navigating the justice system.
- ultimafan 3y agoThat's fair. I've never been in such a situation, and hope that I never will. When my family faced a break in we were thankfully not home at the time, did not have much of value that could have been or was lost either. But I would still not pass moral judgement on someone in a similar situation who did happen to be at home and choose to protect their property. And I do find it sad that the legal system would potentially ruin their life over it.