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Originally Posted by Jason14h
This is basically the sick of the crack heads thread but replacing crackheads with shoplifters
If you make something socially acceptable - stealing , drugs in public - you will see a rise . And that rise will lead to another rise
There are a ton of very complex and different reasons why a person partakes in either on both ends of the spectrum , but in the end if a society accepts the behaviour it will continue to spread regardless of any other actions
Giving these looters $1000 a month for food isn’t going to stop the looting . It’s just going to make the looters $1000 richer
No one is worried about the toothpaste being taken here and there by a grandma or a kid eating a grape . It’s the organized full looting that is now socially accepted .
These aren’t “down on their luck citizens “ . These are criminals
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You rightly point out that there are usually complex reasons for this behavior. Unfortunately, usually the proposed solutions are simplistic and don't address the root causes. Things like:
-believe in God
-beat them
-lock 'em up
-teach the right values
Until the root causes like generational poverty, income disparity, minimum wages, taxes, etc are addressed, you can pray, punch, incarcerate and indoctrinate all you want but it won't fix the problem.