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Re:IT is the cause of rising income and wealth inequality si... by notahacker on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:32AM (#14947714)
> Arguably it's the welfare money that significantly led to the culture breakdown in the first place by destroying economic and social structure.

A cursory examination of the level of violent crime (particularly against property holders) in states where there is little or no welfare state compared with those in which there is a pretty comprehensive welfare state would suggest this isn't a very good argument...

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Re:IT is the cause of rising income and wealth inequality si... by yters on Monday August 07, 2017 @08:22PM (#14952409)
Can you link to this information? Americans came from extremely hard conditions, much harder than anyone today experiences and there was not the level of violence and crime we see today. Perhaps you can pay off the violent criminals in the short term but in the long term the criminals will cause social breakdown. People always want more, and if violence and the threat of violence is how they get more that is what they will continue to do.
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