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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by bsanr2 on Friday September 03, 2021 @08:00PM (#28410794)
No one considers that perhaps ever-increasing inequality in the Bay Area has also increased both the incentive to commit crime and the disincentive to prosecute it. It would stand to reason that the people who are desperate would be more desperate than ever, while the people who are well-off would be more able to eat the costs than ever. No one is happy but the dynamic is grotesquely sustainable.
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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by FDSGSG on Saturday September 04, 2021 @04:41AM (#28413280)
> the people who are desperate would be more desperate than ever

This does not follow from increasing inequality. The poor do not get poorer, rich just get richer (faster).

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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by alsetmusic on Saturday September 04, 2021 @09:45PM (#28421021)
> This does not follow from increasing inequality. The poor do not get poorer, rich just get richer (faster).

The poor stay poor. The lower-middle class becomes poor.

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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by Lucasoato on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:21PM (#28411242)
Why unvoting? Of course it would be too easy for themselves justifying their actions blaming inequality, but if in some place life isn't sustainable for others but the super-rich... That's of course going to push people to commit more crimes.
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