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by brador 149 days ago
It’s explained by punishment.
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Also probably a lot of surveillance. Not just cameras, but by people in the community.
People underestimate the tattle-tale culture in China.
If you execute everyone who commits a misdemeanor, crime rates are extremely low.
If you simply eliminate all criminal laws, the crime rate goes down as much as is possible, immediately.
Yeah, a city with a population of zero has zero crime.