This assumes that crime is driven by lack of resources. I see no evidence of this. Rich people commit crimes. So do middle income and poor people. Poor people are upright citizens who never commit a crime. Same with rich and middle income people. Crime is a choice to do harm to others. Resources have nothing to do with it.
Really, so you’ve never visited a prosperous neighborhood or town and noticed that it was safer and cleaner with less vandalism and violent crime? There’s an astounding amount of research and meta analysis that socioeconomic conditions are directly correlated to crime rates.
Just because it's clean doesn't mean that it's free from crime. Just because there's trash doesn't mean the people are criminals. Was Epstein living in squalor? Was Dahlmer? Where do the people who did Enron fit into the meta studies? All I am saying is that income doesn't make criminals.
the #1 crime in the united states by volume is white collar fraud. rich people scamming. so on one hand, you are right.
on the other hand, that is clearly not the intent of this tweet given the last sentence specifically mentioning violence. violent crime is undeniably driven by resource scarcity and to argue otherwise would be... wrong.
There are countless poor countries with extremely low crime rates. I can also point to countless incredibly poor cities across the United States with very little crime.
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u/herodotus69 3d ago
This assumes that crime is driven by lack of resources. I see no evidence of this. Rich people commit crimes. So do middle income and poor people. Poor people are upright citizens who never commit a crime. Same with rich and middle income people. Crime is a choice to do harm to others. Resources have nothing to do with it.