I'm a leftist and have little agreement with conservatives; however, I think that's actually kind of the opposite of what the article says.
At least as I read it, the whole point of the article is that despiration for career or social advancement comes BEFORE any ideology.
That's actually not that different than the way that leftists tend to view crime as, to a significant degree, a symptom of poverty and discrimination; as opposed to seeing certain people as inherently criminal.
I guess with crime you have both going on. the majority is crime born from economic circumstances, but there are a small percentage which are just crazy mf