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They didn't ask to be born and have never been given an opportunity to approve the society they're born into. The price of non-conformance is deprivation, puni

• JuniperMesos 4mo ago
  No, the price of the specific kind of non-conformance where you vandalize radio stations to sell the copper cables for scrap is deprivation, punishment, and incarceration. Non-conformance is not problematic in and of itself, but copper theft and vandalism absolutely are.
  • themafia 4mo ago
    That's a rather narrow analysis. The larger point is that perhaps I don't want to negotiate a government currency and social structure in order to have shelter or to feed myself or to provide comfort. The people who attempt this often suffer those negative consequences precisely because the means to do so are often made illegal or difficult without large amounts of resources. Am I making an excuse for _this_ individual? No. Am I making a broader point about the sources of "crime" overall? Yes. The lack of caution in creating the current status quo has some obvious negative outcomes that could easily be legislated around. The impetus to do this is strangely missing.