The “economic anxiety has been debunked” thing is actually saying “being poor isn’t bad, it’s actually fine and if poor people behave badly it’s an inherent moral failing.” In other words, the exact eugenist GOP “Welfare queens” shit as always, but weaponized the other way.
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It’s a measurement problem. Like looking for your keys under the street lamp because that’s where the light is.
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Being an incel isn’t a crime. The research shows that poor people are more likely to be convicted of crimes. But it doesn’t automatically follow that they’re overrepresented in amongst incels.
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Being poor may increase your chances of being labelled as antisocial, but it doesn’t follow that poor people are automatically over-represented in every single antisocial subculture.
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Also, a thing is more likely to be considered a "crime" if it is done by a poor person than if it is done by a rich person. Like, if you kill one person while robbing a bank, in prison forever. If you kill thousands while not following environmental regulations...
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which data is this, Ryan
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ah, bootlicking your way into a rose emoji, i see
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Let Harvard Law set you straight http://cjpp.law.harvard.edu/assets/Massachusetts-Racial-Disparity-Report-FINAL.pdf …
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Committing crimes the proceeds of which provide direct, material benefit to the criminal in ways of which they’re in imminent need is quite obviously qualitatively different from bigotry. Stop excusing shittiness before we start inquiring why you’re so interested in doing it.
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