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by dragonwriter 961 days ago
> Truthfully, the proliferation of crimes like this is a pre-condition of systems collapse because it slowly unravels a lawful society

Truthfully, the proliferation of crimes like this is a symptom of systems collapse because it evidences the unravelling of a lawful society (or, at least, the pre-existing social order, which may not have been generally “lawful”.)