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tokenadult on April 28, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

Are you really sure that if there were no poverty and everyone had lots of education that there wouldn't be that kind of crime? Where are your real-world data to back up that idea?

dspeyer on April 28, 2013 [–]

Draw a map of drug-related violence. Draw a map of poverty. Same map?

tokenadult on April 28, 2013 | | [–]

No, actually, and you would readily observe that fact if you did just what you are suggesting that I do.

benaiah on April 28, 2013 | | [–]

Correlation != causation. Come on - you're not even trying.

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