> it is pennies from nothing It is only pennies from nothing if the thief derives no benefit from the infrastructure. I don't, say, dig up a copper cable if th

> it is pennies from nothing It is only pennies from nothing if the thief derives no benefit from the infrastructure. I don't, say, dig up a copper cable if that cable provides the Internet access I rely on to run my business or talk to my friends. The next obvious question to ask is why the thief doesn't benefit from the infrastructure, and the systemic answer is inequality. That's literally what inequality means: unequal access to resources and opportunities. Using your medicine example, it's unequal access to medicine that drives the crime.