Reply #17: Point A and B should come after Point C [View All]

I've worked in areas where the underclass lives both here and in the USA, and I just don't know where to begin. It's hard to tell somebody that violence is wrong when their entire family has been tied to it all their lives. It's hard to tell people to separate themselves from the only society they can afford.
But most of all, it's hard to tell someone to give up on hope. And to the underclass, crime is hope. What else can you aspire to? Your role models, and realistic limits to your dreams, tell you that crime is the path to happiness. It's the only way to gain respect in a society that spits on you. It's the only way to pass the time, the only exitement on offer, and the only way to express yourself. Nearly everything that we, the higher castes of society, express through work, social life and leisure they can usually only express through violent crime and drugs. Yes, people have free will, and yes, they can choose not to get involved. But when temptation is this cruel, it takes a hero to resist. When the social order is changed and someone born on welfare can really aspire to become a leading politician or a CEO, that'll be when it's time for Points A and B.