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Democat

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12. When in doubt, blame "the West"

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Wed Dec 2, 2015, 05:54 AM

Dec 2015

I don't doubt that income inequality can be a contributing factor to crime.

However, when innocent people watching a concert are shot to death, the people to blame are the people holding the guns.

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Economist Has Convincing Theory on How Extreme Inequality Creates Extremist Violence [View all] Sherman A1 Dec 2015 OP

Well, globally both violence and inequality have shrunk dramatically over the past 20 years Recursion Dec 2015 #1

Source please. Scuba Dec 2015 #2

My guess ejbr Dec 2015 #3

Read the links and learn something Recursion Dec 2015 #5

My God. Seriously? Fine. Recursion Dec 2015 #4

From your own link ... Scuba Dec 2015 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Recursion Dec 2015 #7

Yes, in the US, which represents roughly the top 12% of global income Recursion Dec 2015 #8

LOL, ouch. B Calm Dec 2015 #9

No, not "ouch". Just more derailing Recursion Dec 2015 #13

Statistically Sherman A1 Dec 2015 #11

Declined relative to WWI and WWII is a different thing than declined relative to say the 1980s. bemildred Dec 2015 #16

True. There is less inequality between people in rich and poor countries. There is more inequality pampango Dec 2015 #14

Simple. Extremely wealthy can afford to arm extremely poor. leveymg Dec 2015 #10

When in doubt, blame "the West" Democat Dec 2015 #12

Any abused animal will fight for itself. People are no different. nt bemildred Dec 2015 #15