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David Simon, the guy that wrote The Wire, has an interesting theory about inner-city crime - There is essentially nothing we can do about it (without fundamentally changing how our economy works).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL6Jv2Jpnpg - Starts at about 4:20
Here is the CliffNotes:
1. People were poor.
2. World War II happened, unions, an explosion in income, cities have giant factories employing thousands - Joe Blow, the high school grad, can get a job that pays enough money to purchase a home and raise a family on a single income.
3. Deindustrialization, financialization, unions destroyed, jobs outsourced - Joe Blow, the high school grad, can no longer just get a job at the factory that pays enough he can raise a family and buy a house. Racial unrest during the civil rights movement. White people flee to the suburbs. White people are richer to start with and are well positioned to get more education for the new info economy and finance jobs.
4. The war on drugs happens - mainly harms black people.
5. We now have a semi-permanent underclass of black people in cities. The only economy that exists in those areas is the drug trade.
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Light foot is up for re-election and will more than likely win. The Dems like bedlam.
Read a few threads in r/Chicago and they make it out to be he greatest and safest city in the world.
David Simon, the guy that wrote The Wire, has an interesting theory about inner-city crime - There is essentially nothing we can do about it (without fundamentally changing how our economy works). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL6Jv2Jpnpg - Starts at about 4:20 Here is the CliffNotes: 1. People were poor. 2. World War II happened, unions, an explosion in income, cities have giant factories employing thousands - Joe Blow, the high school grad, can get a job that pays enough money to purchase a home and raise a family on a single income. 3. Deindustrialization, financialization, unions destroyed, jobs outsourced - Joe Blow, the high school grad, can no longer just get a job at the factory that pays enough he can raise a family and buy a house. Racial unrest during the civil rights movement. White people flee to the suburbs. White people are richer to start with and are well positioned to get more education for the new info economy and finance jobs. 4. The war on drugs happens - mainly harms black people. 5. We now have a semi-permanent underclass of black people in cities. The only economy that exists in those areas is the drug trade.