re: Poverty does not increase (violent) crime (Video)

a soul food/bbq place opened recently in the ole hometown and is located in a pretty white/suburban part of town. yet they felt the need to hire a security guard to be there everyday just because of their past experiences in the old locale. the cost of running a business in the hood and dealing with theft and violence would deter any reasonable person.

it's just like the stereotypical ghetto convenience store

they're now villains b/c they "gouge" poor people and only serve bad food

a. they have high prices b/c it's costly to operate within a population more likely to cause damage, rob the store, and steal from the store. the alternative is the store closes and moves to another area, then there is no service

b. they sell the products that their clients buy. again, they could sell more nutritious food...and they'd go out of business and then there is no store for that area. anyone who has ever been to one of these stores sees the marketing towards the local population ("tobacco" paraphernalia, mix tapes, hair products, etc). these immigrants aren't just promoting some insidious plan to kill poor people

there come points where i honestly don't know what SJWs want civilized society to do for the underclass. they admit the population doesn't make good decisions and blames the non-underclass for this exploitation, but they scoff at any attempt to regulate their behaviors. so they promote the freedom for this population to err, understand they're more likely to make sub-optimal decisions, and then blames everyone else for these decisions that they know will happen

the ultimate irony is that they also attack gentrification. they complain over and over about a lack of investment and development, and then when it comes, it's not people promoting the underclass culture doing it and the underclass culture (which involves all these terrible externalities like health and crime issues) goes away and the surrounding property values increase....and it's this terrible thing

you literally cannot win

even at nice stores with plenty of healthy options they opt for horrible food. i shopped at the rouses on bertand in laffy through four years of undergrad and i could spot an EBT cart like no one's business. off brand colas and juices, microwave dinners, candy and chips in bulk, little debby snacks, etc.

healthy food privilege

oh, for sure. meat departments get raided by yutes in heavy coats.