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Re:The 1% of the population accountable for 63 % of all viol... by ggm on Sunday May 14, 2023 @10:36PM (#35943298)
It's an analogue of rational market theory: no asocial choice can be rationalised as a good long-term plan so there must be externalities which are causative.

I don't believe in rational market players with full knowledge and equal information any more than I believe all violent men had externalities which were causative.

But I do believe poverty and epigenetic influences can exist.

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Re:The 1% of the population accountable for 63 % of all viol... by artificialLimbs on Sunday May 14, 2023 @10:56PM (#35943444)
Majority of criminals are from abusive or fatherless homes. That's the externality.
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