Comment on Affluenza is really the biggest driver between thinking the barrio/ghetto/slums is an "unsafe wasteland" vs people who are just trying to exist and survive in the framework they are given.

Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• ramble81@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Higher yes, but people acting like it’s a complete lawless wasteland? That’s what I’m talking about. People so damn afraid that they’re going to be murdered the moment they set foot in it in broad daylight. That’s just affluenza speaking. Go through a lot of disadvantaged areas and you’ll find generally people are just trying to make it by. Thanks for proving my point.

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  • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Who says its like a lawless wasteland?

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• teft@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The violent crime rate is higher in poor areas because they’re more likely to be targeted by police and also less likely to have the prosecutor throw out the case.

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  • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’d love to see a source stating that everywhere is equally safe.

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    • teft@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I currently live in Medellin, Colombia so don’t talk to me about dangerous places to live. I never said every place was safe. I said that the violent crime rates seem higher in poorer areas because of reporting and prosecution. It’s not because poor people are inherently more violent.

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      • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I never said poor people are more violent.

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