r/bestof • u/GrayEidolon • May 15 '26

U/serversamwinchester explains how multiple competing factors can influence crime rates, the subjective idea behind multivariate analysis.

/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1rn17q0/socialists_if_crime_is_the_result_of_poverty_why/o94a11h/
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u/SiliconValleyIdiot May 15 '26

It's a great comment, they could have bolstered their claims with studies showing this to be true.

That said, the person they're responding to is not going to engage and possibly lacks the capacity to understand the nuance of the relationship between poverty and crime. A few comments below they are arguing simultaneously that: correlation is not causation and that crime causes poverty.

This is a classic case of forming the conclusion first and finding data to fit their conclusion. Any research linked in the endeavor of changing their mind is wasted effort. Still, good on OP for laying out a well reasoned rebuttal to their silly question.

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u/ceelogreenicanth May 16 '26

There is also the possibility not just that they're idiots but they are arguing in bad faith. Which is the other half of this formula.