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Nice try, poor logic. What you call "people [not believing] in killing each other" is a phenomenon that calls for an explanation. I believe that explanation is
by Elrac 11y ago
Nice try, poor logic.
What you call "people [not believing] in killing each other" is a phenomenon that calls for an explanation. I believe that explanation is simply that there's nothing to be gained from killing a desperately poor person. Appalachia (and other poor rural areas) have no gangs because there's no way to make a profit on organized violence. Gangs and the associated violence happen in cities because that's where some of the people, at least, have money that they can spend on drugs or prostitution or simply be robbed of.
- skeolawn 11y agoSo following that logic, I guess if a "rich" person was to drive through Appalachia they would be inevitably doomed?
- Elrac 11y agoThat's an absurd extrapolation. Please try to follow along here! I'll repeat it slowly for you: Because there's (in general) little to be gained from robbing people in this area, there are no or few violent street gangs and other forms of organized crime like you'd find in various cities where there's a more colorful mix of rich and poor. Lacking an organized criminal element, Appalachia presents not significantly more (nor less) danger to well-off tourists than any other area where poor people live and a few will -by statistics- be criminals; and considerably less than various cities, certainly various neighborhoods, where robbery and other violent crime are common and more or less an "industry."