Posted: Jan 27, 2018 8:20 am
quas wrote:If indeed poverty leads to crime, then logically it entails that the poorest people are the biggest thieves which doesn't make sense because (1) if you are a big thief, you steal big and thus become rich, and (2) the biggest thieves on this planet are the richest people because the higher your authority level the more opportunity you have to steal, accept bribes, extort money, etc. Hence why we have the term "white-collar criminals" to describe corporate executives and politicians. Concurrently, we are not just talking about stealing, but killing as well. Whereas a poor person might kill to steal/rob, only a head of state can initiate war/genocide to pillage an entire country.
That's not logical entailment.