The Real Criminals

[rumschlumpel@feddit.org]

It's pretty obvious that the entire comic talks specifically about the US, so I didn't think it was necessary to specify that in my comment.

[kentaree@lemmy.world]

Ah yes, let's try and justify one crime by comparing it to another one, conveniently ignoring the fact that neither are victimless. And I don't even mean the material cost, I mean the fact that the trauma of being robbed can affect a person for life.
Here's a thought, how about trying to make everything black and white we can decide that multiple things can be bad, even in different amounts?

[chillinit@lemmynsfw.com]

Cops let white people talk. The black man would've been shot on sight.

Comic is accurate.

[chillinit@lemmynsfw.com]

who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom...

You're not fooling anyone. We know exactly who you are.

[themadbeagle@lemm.ee]

[iamthetot@sh.itjust.works]

If I've learned anything it's that nuance is lost on the internet.

[maxpow3r11@lemmy.world]

I know this is fiction

because irl a cop would not reflect on his actions.

He would just shoot & kill this man on the spot.

[ilinamorato@lemmy.world]

I'm a simple man. I always upvote MLK.

[mr_blott@feddit.uk]

Yanks trying to make up compound insults is, and apologies for using the word, cringe as fuck

[kentaree@lemmy.world]

You don't know dick. ACAB, and so are other people who cause suffering for their own profit.

[bestagon@lemmy.world]

All cops. When lines are drawn there isn’t a police force in the world that’d stand beside you

[chillinit@lemmynsfw.com]

You're choosing ad hominem and red herring over humility and questions. That's not sustainable.

We recruit for life. Whenever you're ready we will still be here teaching the same exact lessons we've been teaching for millennia.

No rush. It's not like you're suffering or the planet is dying. Get around to it whenever.

[cornshark@lemmy.world]

If robbers only earn $7500 a year why on earth do they do it? Why would anyone risk arrest, jail time, criminal record, maybe even being shot by armed security or police, for such a paltry amount of money?

[pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online]

Because drugs.

[trousersmcpants@lemmy.world]

Desperation

[sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip]

Oh, because of the primary driver of most kinds of crime:

Poverty.

If you want to lower crime, you lower poverty, you put social safety nets in place.

Does this solve crime 100%?

No, but its something like one hundred to ten thousand times more cost effective than not doing that and increasing policing instead.

[phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee]

Also armed bank robbery is VERY heavily punished. In some places armed robbery with a gun (even a fake gun) can be punished by LIFE in prison.

[carrolade@lemmy.world]

For the record, it's specifically CEOs of S&P 500 companies that make an average of ~18 million/yr.

Highest-Paid CEOs - 2024 | AFL-CIO

(aflcio.org)

The Standard and Poor's 500 is ~500 of the largest companies in the country that are publicly traded. It does not include the vast majority of CEO positions in the US, just the biggest.

[ayyy@sh.itjust.works]

Because that number was totally pulled out of their butt.

[ayyy@sh.itjust.works]

You're choosing ad hominem

“You aren’t fooling anyone. We know exactly who you are.”

This u?