In the United States, the most privatized, capitalist country on the planet, it should come as no surprise that it also has the largest prison population in the world 2 million people, and growing every year. Statistically, most of these people are uneducated and come from poor, deprived societies. And contrary to propaganda, it's this environmental conditioning which lures them into criminal and violent behavior. However, society looks the other way in regard to this point.
The legal and prison systems are just more examples of how our society avoids examining the root causes of behavior. Billions are spent each year on prisons and police, while only a fraction is spent on programs for poverty, which is one of the most fundamental variables responsible for crime to begin with.
And, as long as we have an economic system, which prefers and in fact creates scarcity and deprivation, crime will never go away.
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