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rangestransformyesterday at 3:56 AM2 repliesview on HN

It is a policy choice that crime is allowed, inequality and low crime exist side by side in places like Shanghai, Tokyo, and Singapore


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trilbyglensyesterday at 6:22 AM

The difference is that being poor in those places does not lead to life or death desperation amongst poor people.

cess11yesterday at 9:03 AM

What do you mean by "low crime"? All of those places are well known for their 'secret societies'.