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by Sone7 4034 days ago
"Crime happens when cultural and legal sanctions against crime don't get enforced."

The ways poverty and extreme inequality affect culture and law outcomes are fairly profound though. Cops are loathe to arrest wealthier people on drug offenses considering the legal costs that can ensue. Put enough people in poverty together and desperate behaviour of one kind or another can become normal.