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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by prottog on Saturday May 20, 2023 @01:31PM (#36013835)
> Because the US has an aversion to even think about the systematic reasons that cause crime, and prefers to pretend it's only about personal failings.

A lot of people think the other way around, where it's unfathomable that anyone would commit a crime of their own volition were it not for the weight of an unjust world upon them.

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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by bawolff on Saturday May 20, 2023 @05:11PM (#36015662)
Does it matter? If people are opportunistic then you should remove the systemic issues that make crime seem like a good risk. If people are desperate you should do the same thing. Either way the correct response is to make crime not seem like the best option for someone to do.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by vxNsr on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:04PM (#36017665)
You seem to have spent a lot of time considering this issue, how would you go about solving it?
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by refurb on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:07PM (#36017683)
If people are opportunistic then you should remove the systemic issues that make crime seem like a good risk.

One way to do that is to make it clear that committing a crime is very likely going to result in punishment, which is what the US does.

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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by bawolff on Sunday May 21, 2023 @08:33AM (#36020234)
The us communicates that you will get punished if caught. I imagine most people dont think they will be caught.
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