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This is a blanket statement and is lazy in the same way as "all government is bad" or "all business owners are bad".

Of course a small portion of all crimes is committed due to poverty. But it's super easy to come up with counter-examples.

Mass murderers are committing crime because they're evil / crazy, not poor. There have been lots of rich mass murderers.

Ponzi schemers do it because they're greedy. Just think Bernie Madoff - already super rich, then decided to steal some more.

Gangs do it because for them it's a business. Again, the gang bosses are already rich but they keep going.

Not one single rape has ever been about inequality.

And so on. In the past, inequality was much worse and more entrenched than it is today, and yet crime during certain historical periods were much lower. Here's an example from the UK: https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/oly...



I didn't make my comment in a vacuum. Look at the context. Notice we aren't talking about rape, or financial ponzi schemes. Context clues people, context clues.




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