I think a lot of blame can go to AWOL fathers, broken families, a disregard of education and personal responsibility. You end up with young men who’ve never had a loving but firm hand on their shoulder keeping them on a good path.
I think we’ve accepted the fact a large segment of the population is actually living in open air prisons called cities. Every rioter and looter belongs in prison, but “the law” in those towns says they should go free (no-bail release). Same goes for petty thievery, light battery, and mild sexual harassment. Essentially, bad people in cities have been put on a very lenient form of house arrest just by living there.
Same goes for drug dens in rural areas. I’ve talked to cops who say “that whole street out in the middle of nowhere is off limits. They all buy and sell drugs, but as long as they stay there (in their open-air prison), we won’t bother them.”
The reality is the veneer of society is much thinner than most people want to admit.
Well said