im kinda embarrassed that, when researching racial disparities, i heard 'poverty causes crime' and just accepted that wholesale. I didn't ask myself '*how* does poverty cause crime?' or think of basic questions like 'does this rule hold true across the globe?'

— Aella (@Aella_Girl) December 4, 2023

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Someone post the noticing meme, I cant find it

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Wealth inequality causes crime. If everyone is equally poor, there are no crimes

Yes, that's why crime is the lowest in the poorest areas and the only crime victims are the rich. Brilliant input.

Think bigger. Countries/societies/cultures. Not areas. Thank you for recognizing my brilliance btw. Name calling is your only input to any discussions :)

Moving the goalpost

How is that moving the goalpost? My comment is about wealth inequality. That is not a local/neighborhood phenomenon. Its a national & worldwide phenomenon. When the cost of living compared to wage rises, it doesn't just rise for a certain block. It rises for the entire society

But the only way to decrease wealth inequality is to make everyone more equally poor.

This is just a failure to think straight. Quantaties are not binary, they can increase and decrease by increments.

Nice word salad.

According to you there should be 1 million murders per day in Eastern Europe

Some of the kindest most generous people you'll meet around the world are incredibly poor. I don't think it causes crime at all.

Poverty causes EASILY-CAUGHT crime, because money lets you access better tech to better hide misdeeds as well as cheat systems with legal-but-immoral techniques.

I think you have it backwards. Crime causes poverty.

Perhaps the same things that cause poverty cause crime. Things such as mental illness and addiction.

First rules cause crime; the frequency of it compared to wealth is afaik 10% in every group, as there are more uneducated u get a simplification of physical methods that are the most anoing. 10% is a rule derived from pure math and the most fundametal 90/10 rule our QC sim obeys

I have no idea what you're saying

U never wondered why it's 10 times harder to build things than to destroy them? Society is energy distribution mechanics and therefore there exists a natural conjecture to QM, what is math in is essence, it's the eulers number all and everything figuratively computes.

That didn't clear anything up sorry. I'm still not understanding what you're saying

But u heard of the most common modern assumption, that we live in a statistical non causal universe? And if so, can't u not see, that statistical energy distribution effects cause e.g. frequency of breaking rules. That include ur, what u call mental reasoning, assumptions as well

I oove internet schizos

Look at Romania, one of the safest countries in Europe, but also one of the poorest. It's all about culture.

And even in Romania, there's just one group (Gypsies) that defies all trends and is exceptionally criminal. They're also genetically distinct, easily identifiable because their skin is darker, and everyone in Europe hates them. Funny how that works.

>Romania

>Safe

Poverty does not cause crime. Poverty causes a restriction of options. Crime is an option for everyone, but it is generally a very risky and potentially costly one. Those with wealth, and thus an abundance of options, are less likely to choose it.

No low IQ/low impulse control impedes employment and ALSO makes it more likely someone will commit crime.

Sounds like we might wanna lock you up then 😂

Peak midwit

Nooooooo i meant blacks not me

Something pernicious in these statements that just stay open; the “just asking questions!” style. Existing biases aside, which influence lots to be sure, I think these talking points tend to propagate so easily bc piecing it together in your head is easily-confused for “thinking”

There's this implication that the unspoken part contains the most truth, or the most compelling bit, and by not qualifying it, it gets imbued with a sort of universality; Big Wisdom, Of course it's easier & safer to hide behind saying nothing too. GO ON, Aella, say what you mean.

The upper crust has an incentive to push the idea they're the cream of the crop— you can tell the crowd she's in & listens to by her sentiments & statements. The rest of us have every incentive to push against these elitism mythologies as well, but it's uphill & more complex

It's a debate bro but with manners and I hate them even more tbh

Ya there's a concern trolling element to it, wrapped up in the most wide-eyed, innocent, and well-intended motivation. The lede with acknowledging past naïveté makes us think they're even more credible and really stumbled on something difficult and true. There's a format to this.

sOrRy fOr AsKiNg QuEsTiOnS ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

NOOOO YOU CANT ASK QUESTIONS