[ben_w]

To say "most" criminals thusly, presupposes that all societies are in degraded states, regardless of the actual causes of criminality.

[mattigames]

"Most" in the absolute terms, not in the relative (e.g. percentual) way you may be interpreting my comment. And anyway there is always going to be criminals, but its not remotely the same thing when your national average thief steals one thing per year vs one thing per day.