[refurb]

Poverty?

I think the quote from Goodfellas sums it up nicely: For us to live any other way was nuts. Uh, to us, those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks and took the subway to work every day, and worried about their bills, were dead. I mean, they were suckers. They had no balls. If we wanted something, we just took it. If anyone complained twice they got hit so bad, believe me, they never complained again.

[rhaway84773]

Anecdote != Data.

The fact that it might be largely driven by poverty doesn’t preclude the existence of people who are not doing it because of poverty.

That being said, nothing about your quote says anything about even the quoted person not being driven by poverty.

[refurb]

A good example are the catalytic converter thefts. It’s organized crime, easy money.

Nobody is doing it to feed their kids.

[yunohn]

It’s not even an anecdote, it’s a movie quote.

[kar5pt]

So a quote from a movie is your counterargument?

[refurb]

It's not a counter-argument, it's an example of the attitude of criminals (based on the movie written about a criminal).

[yunohn]

Ah of course, this movie quote is a very accurate representation of our complex, difficult reality.

/s