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    In turkey there are a lot of people who gather cardboard for recycling for a wage of about 30-40 dollars a day

    Is the USA version of this just pulling copper?

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

        Oh. Wait.

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

          They’re saying poverty is the source of these desperate crime. Doesn’t matter what economic or governmental rule you live under.

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          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, who afaik is a loud mouth bigot with delusions of having cracked the code but has not directly raped anyone. This rating is based on 1 interaction. I do not wish to have more interactions.

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          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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      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.