No one expects young men to do anything and they are responding by doing nothing

Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by etchalon on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:21AM (#31151217)

I grew up poor, but was lucky enough to go to a fairly 'rich' school district amongst fairly rich people (upper middle class more than "rich" I guess).

You know what I saw in rich kids?

Lots of drug use, stealing, petty vandalism and violence.

I just rarely saw them suffer any consequences for it.

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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by zozbot234 on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:41AM (#31151288)

This just goes to prove that anti-social behavior is not a "consequence" of poverty, and that solid social norms are far more relevant. Rich kids can still live in a socially frayed, marginalizing environment.

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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by hef19898 on Monday April 25, 2022 @03:07AM (#31151403)

If you are you get away, or even ahead, with anti-social behavor. If you are poor you go to jail.

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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by etchalon on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:04PM (#31156787)

Ding.

"Crime" is a function of poverty in so much as those punished for committing it are poor.

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