if everyone thinks it's ok to shoot someone for stealing a tv, almost zero tvs get stolen, and almost no one gets shot if everything thinks it's NOT ok, tons of TVs get stolen, and tons more people go without TVs in a deadweight-loss situationhttps://twitter.com/alan_mustache/status/1418730757888020484 …
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8/ based af make thief-dragging great again https://twitter.com/seanriccio/status/1418923814302326784 …
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10/ shooting looters is negative for the person doing the shooting (emotional impact, ammunition costs, spackle/drywall/painting costs, etc.) but has a positive externality for society (one less looter, deterrence vs others) q.e.d.: we should investigate a transfer tax / bounty
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11/ > THE point no; punishment is commonly understood to have 3+ goals including deterrence, incapacitation and vengeance https://twitter.com/JonDallas19/status/1419676999560335362 …
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12/ kids are tagging into this conversation with "novel" GOTCHAS as if this field or moral philosophy isn't thousands of years old with literal libraries written on the topic <deep bong rip> but, man, what if...https://twitter.com/mcweedson/status/1419677482643505152 …
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13/ Yes. "Into the home" is an excellent Schelling point / dividing line. You can come through a locked door for rape / murder / a TV / a stick of gum, and you get shot. You can steal a stick of gum or a riding mower from the barn and not get shot.https://twitter.com/KarlKGallagher/status/1419678102628753408 …
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14/ By being 99.99% white, mostly.https://twitter.com/mcweedson/status/1419678310620188672 …
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15/ leftists always projecthttps://twitter.com/ItsJustACorpse/status/1419679252920864770 …
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If the death penalty were carried out immediately while you were in the process of committing the crime, it would have a much stronger deterrent effect.
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