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A comment on San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge. Parent comment

Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:33PM (#27243157)
> as a genetic cause automatically was implausible to me.

I agree. Given that Scandinavia was the homeland of the Vikings, I think arguing that they have a genetic predisposition away from crime would seem rather absurd.

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by nec4b on Saturday May 22, 2021 @05:51AM (#27245053)
Why is it absurd? The most violent ones left Scandinavia and died fighting or settled elsewhere.
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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by qwytw on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:51AM (#27244171)
Significant amounts of Vikings left Scandinavia to settle other places in Europe, so maybe the ones left behind were less predisposed to commit crimes /s
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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by renewiltord on Saturday May 22, 2021 @04:42AM (#27244740)
This is sort of a variant of the voluntary settlement hypothesis which I always found entertaining.
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