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0 pointstomcam2y ago0 comments

> people made homeless by the enormous wealth disparity

There’s a tiny possibility that feckless bureaucrats, billions of dollars spent with no oversight, mental illness, and drug addiction share just a sliver of the responsibility

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jwestbury2y ago

Sure, though if we're talking about crime, inequality is probably the strongest correlation to crime rates.[0]

"In industrialised societies, the prevalence of exploitation, in the form of crime, is related to the distribution of economic resources: more unequal societies tend to have higher crime, as well as lower social trust."

0. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80897-8

stuaxo2y ago

Very HN that your comment is down voted.

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