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Fraudsters usually don't resort to violence once they get caught. In your contrived example, the guy would probably end up paying what he owed and that would be that. Violence mostly emerges from people who feel that they are treated unfairly, and can't use civil channels to solve their issues. Which is why it's important to build a society that treats people fairly.

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> Which is why it's important to build a society that treats people fairly.

Who gets to measure that though? I don’t think we can assume that the presence of violence automatically indicates that society isn’t fair.

[thrance]

> I don’t think we can assume that the presence of violence automatically indicates that society isn’t fair.

I think it does, actually. The more unequal the country, the more violent it is. Which is why the best way to get rid of crime is not to give unlimited funding to the police (that has been shown to be very ineffective, and ruinous), it's to make sure no one needs to commit it. That will never get rid of all crimes, of course.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/06/07/the-star...