Comment on Can't throw me off the scent

• MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stealing copper, getting under older cars and cutting out catalytic converters, yes. Copper is not a big money maker but it’s better than collecting aluminum cans.

  The problem with 90% of crime is poverty. They do hundreds of dollars of damage to make a few bucks. If we had universal basic income or better safety nets these crimes would nearly vanish overnight.

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  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In a world where correlation does not equal causation, crime would pre-date capitalism.

    Oh. Wait.

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    • HereIAm@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah yes, the feudal system was ideal for fair treatment and everyone had a roof over their head and a full belly.

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    • MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So you think the people who do this shit do it for fun? If they had ubi they’d still be crawling under cars to cut cats?

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      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, cutting cats pays extra on top of the ubi.

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    • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re a terrible human being with reading comprehension issues and a weak grasp of history. I would rate you better than our current president, who is a pedophile and a rapist. I would rate you on par with Alex Jones.

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• Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, except that it’s nearly always super damaging.

  The US version would be more like collecting cans back when they had a 5 or 10 cent deposit. Today I can’t really think of anything like that. Maybe driving Uber/Lyft. Or just panhandling/begging.

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  • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Michigan still does 10 cents a bottle

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  • MadBob@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People do that now in the Netherlands. The bins on the streets of Amsterdam sometimes have little holsters for bottles and tins so you can leave them for people who’d otherwise (or I imagine who still) dig through the rubbish for the deposit.

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  • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Several states do this, probably more profit than door dash.

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• frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We have recyclers too

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