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by wongarsu 1689 days ago
That gettos of socioeconomicly disparaged people lead to an increased crime rate, and over generations lead to a subculture that perpetuates the cycle?

Or that specifically making things illegal because they are popular in a subculture can over decades drive those subcultures to integrate an inclination to crime in general into the subculture?

We can't effect change if we aren't willing to talk about the causes for the problem, or even acknowledge the existence of a problem.