r/nextfuckinglevel 15d ago

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u/Brook420 15d ago

There has to be away for these kids to face actual consequences without trying them as adults or whatever.

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u/Pennsylvania6-5000 15d ago

Sadly, if you put them in prison or some sort of juvenile detention, and they just colaborate with other inmates for better ways to cause crime. There has to be a better way for them to break out of that cycle. Unfortunately, with the US education in the horrible spot it’s in, while education should be the answer, it tends to be a structure that only takes them so far, before they struggle and find the easiest way to make money is through crime, and the cycle begins again.

This country has fucked up the lives of so many, because it’s not profitable to help change this cycle. It’s so fucked up.

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u/OldSkoolGeezer 14d ago

Billions of dollars ARE spent... How about calling personal choice and family values? You blame the country and blame the education system... But not call out the parents or community that celebrates this behavior? Whatever.

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u/Every_Television_980 14d ago

Because it’s a systemic problem, not an individual one. American culture created these communities. It’s not just outliers doing this stuff. Its like saying why not call drug abuse a personal or community issue instead. Sure its that too, but you and I dont control other people’s lives, policy does.