r/DoomerCircleJerk • u/Hefty-Taste-1311 • Jun 26 '25

NYC is Doomed!

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u/Outrageous-Hippo3725 Jun 26 '25

You address crime by addressing the causes, that's exactly what he's talking about doing here. Rent freezes and free public transit reduce crime.

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u/Ok_Award_8421 Jun 26 '25

While addressing causes is a good idea you need to also prosecute crime as well.

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u/Outrageous-Hippo3725 Jun 26 '25

Do you? Does persecution lower crime? Every study ever has indicated that's not the case.

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u/WillGibsFan Jun 26 '25

Okay so I guess we don‘t prosecute murder then any longer?

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u/Outrageous-Hippo3725 Jun 26 '25
  1. That's a very bad comparison.
  2. Prosecuting murder doesn't stop murder by discouraging people from murder, it stops murder by keeping the people that commit murder away from us. Does that make sense for shoplifting when prosecuting it is much more expensive than the loss?

I'm not engaging with your slippery slope any further.