tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post6348942192484005857..comments2024-03-02T22:28:45.521-05:00Comments on Inveresk Street Ingrate: Socialist Party meeting: 'Capitalism in Crisis'Imposs1904http://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-56410256956247992932008-10-21T02:41:00.000-04:002008-10-21T02:41:00.000-04:00I'm not sure your stats are taking into account po...I'm not sure your stats are taking into account population growth and immigration in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>Crime isn't only influenced by the economy, but statistically speaking worldwide, the more of a wealth gap there is, the higher the overall crime rate. Look at Britain pre-Enlightenment.<BR/><BR/>www.eyeroll.orgUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912273452779024553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-49088262730911816322008-10-16T06:01:00.000-04:002008-10-16T06:01:00.000-04:00"... poverty will increase, health will deteriorat..."... poverty will increase, health will deteriorate, homelessness will grow, deprivation and destitution will accelerate, crime will multiply ..."<BR/><BR/>Betwen 1945 and 1975 poverty decreased, homelessness, deprivation and destitution lessened, income differentials became much less marked - yet crime also multiplied. Crime was much lower between 1870 and 1945, when poverty and class differentials were much worse.<BR/><BR/>Therefore crime isn't simply a fucntion of the state of the economy and we have to look elsewhere for explanations.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.com