Posted on 09/02/2025 5:23:42 PM PDT by appeal2
For years, the left has repeated the mantra that the “root causes” of crime are poverty, inequality, or lack of housing. But history tells a different story. America a century ago was far poorer, yet far safer. What did we have then that we’ve lost today? Stable families 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, functioning schools 📚, and enforcement you didn’t dare test 👮‍♂️.
Family Breakdown đź’”
The single biggest driver of crime is the collapse of the family. In the 1950s, most children—black or white—were raised by two parents. Today, single-parent households dominate in many communities. Children raised without fathers are exponentially more likely to fall into gangs, drugs, and violence.
Turnstile Justice 🔄⚖️
Thanks to cashless bail and endless second chances, criminals now operate with impunity. A thug can rack up 30 or 40 arrests and still walk the streets. This isn’t compassion—it’s negligence, and it puts every law-abiding citizen at risk.
Broken Windows, Broken Cities 🪟➡️🏙️
When you ignore small crimes, big crimes multiply. Cities that stopped prosecuting shoplifting, vandalism, and trespassing didn’t just save court costs—they invited chaos. Lawlessness, once tolerated, always spreads.
Homelessness and Mental Illness 🏚️đź§
Homelessness isn’t just an eyesore—it’s a crime incubator. The vast majority of the homeless suffer from addiction or mental illness. A person with no job, no income, and a habit to feed has only two options: beg or steal. Pretending this is just a “housing problem” is fantasy.
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As a kid I never worried about what the cops would do to me if they caught me doing something wrong.
I worried about the old man.
The sanest piece on the topic I’ve read in my life.
I’ll have to read the whole thing later.
“Children raised without fathers are exponentially more likely to fall into gangs, drugs, and violence.”
Fathers have to have some idea of how to be a father, and boys raised without fathers may not have such an idea, even if they mature into being part of a two parent family.
Complete lack of Biblical values.
Biggest question is-
Why did we give women so much power?
They are the ones that fucked up all
our boys.
Boys need fathers!
Even a bad father is better than no father!
The root cause of crime is criminals. There is a whole class of psychopaths and low functioning human beings who leap to crime if given half a chance. Disorder is a breeding ground. It’s like agar agar to pathogens.
> The single biggest driver of crime is the collapse of the family. <
LBJ’s Great Society destroyed the black family unit. So the author certainly has a point there.
But I think he’s underestimating the poverty effect. When I graduated high school many decades ago, I had my choice of many jobs. The mills were hiring. And so was the railroad. Good jobs, with good wages and the opportunity to advance.
That’s all gone now. Those jobs are in China.
So now we have many idle hands. And idle hands are the devil’s workshop.
Trump is trying to change that by bringing industry back to America. But the Democrats won’t support him. And neither will many “free trade” Republicans. So it’s an uphill battle.
Crime has nothing to do with money... It’s all about evil... Doing evil and knowing it’s evil.
I grew up in a military town... Everybody had a job... Everybody had money... But there was still the seedy underbelly... The evil doers who wouldn’t quit doing evil. People stealing from the base, people breaking into homes, people dealing drugs, people doing evil things and enjoying it all while they did it.
So this nonsense of giving everybody money and solving all the worlds problems with cash is total crap.
“”””So this nonsense of giving everybody money and solving all the worlds problems with cash is total crap.””””
Yup. I have worked with a lot of criminals. Some figured it out, changed their ways and went on to lead good lives. Many of them just considered crime to be their career. It’s all they knew. To many of them going to prison was just part of the lifestyle.
Turning our backs on God causes disorder. Thankfully if we turn back to Him, He’ll heal our land. We can do it, one at a time.
Not deep but that is the root cause.
If people knew there was a 50% chance they would be caught and punished crime would drop by 90%. Maybe a bit more.
It’s much worse now, they’ve taken to rejecting it completely. The so-called “Black Lives Matter” website specifically condemns the family unit, the basic building block of civilization. Can’t get any more destructive than that.
Absolutely. True story; our team was in Granada 2 years ago for a project working with locals. Now these people are poor but what struck me was there manners and their style of dress. They dressed like Sunday morning every day regardless of their vocation. We were in the local hardware store tearing down fixtures with the help of a young man and underneath was a quarter and a dime glued to the floor by years of dirt and wax. I looked at the boy and said “Donald, theres 35 cents”. He just said “no” - but Donald I told him - that 35 cents has been under there for years. “Thats not mine Mr. ——“ replied.
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