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Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nob... by SN76477 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @09:25PM (#16443695)
I have been thinking lately about the purpose of crime. Obviously people get robbed and bad things happen, but what would happen in a society without crime? is it possible that crime has a larger purpose?
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Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nob... by brokenmachine on Thursday February 22, 2018 @10:43PM (#16444038)
It's hard when there are so many laws on the books that it's almost impossible to not break one here and there.

"Crime" is a very loose term. Things like robbery and assault are obvious but there are a lot of laws out there that have no real "victim", or are enforced only when the powers that be have an inclination to.

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Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nob... by 45h34jh53k4j on Thursday February 22, 2018 @10:00PM (#16443838)
stagnation. without risk there is no progress.
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Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nob... by SN76477 on Friday February 23, 2018 @01:28AM (#16444631)
would you say that without crime humans would be complacent?
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