[lazide]

The people screwing them over rely on a target rich environment.

One could not exist without the other.

[jchw]

Uh huh. And what do you think causes a "target-rich environment" anyhow? Just people getting dumber for no reason?

[lazide]

Everyone being pushed down Maslow’s hierarchy of needs due to macroeconomic and political forces, generally. Possibly by a population wide event like a pandemic too, of course. And/or religious influence.