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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by rswail on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:44AM (#23476925)
Who knows how many fewer criminals there might be, if social safety nets, providing for people's basic needs of food, shelter, health care and education?

How do you cure homelessness? You provide homes.

How do you deal with mental and physical illness? You provide health care.

How do you give people are path forwards? You provide education.

All of these things are what our societies are for. To carry on about "law and order" and even the "rule of law" without also quoting the part about "promote the general welfare" is to completely miss the purpose.

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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:50AM (#23476984)
We should certainly provide all of those things. But even homeless people, ill people, people with no direction in life can and should avoid committing crimes.
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