I guess you never heard of Al Capone, Lucky Luciano and John Dillinger among others?cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:46 amRedFromMI wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:58 am PB - have you ever considered that the militarization of communities by the police along with the easy availability of weapons has something to do with that situation?
Or that not paying a decent wage makes some people resort to means outside the system to survive?
No - I think you just would rather deflect and refuse to deal with the actual problems. Keep those uppity folks in line.
"Or that not paying a decent wage makes some people resort to means outside the system to survive?"
Then why was it during the years of the great depression the country was not inundated with crime and protests? Everybody was poor, every family was struggling. They dealt with the situation as best they could. They did not go out and steal and loot and rob people. IMO the big difference was in my parents generation of poverty you still played by the rules. There was a different sense of morality and common decency among the people struggling just to make ends meet. That in the 30s was a survival mentality which today has been replaced by an entitlement mentality.
Prohibition also contributed as well
https://www.history.com/topics/great-de ... depression