This is a serious question that I'm having difficulty with.

It seems like lately there's a lot of teens having a grand ole time just breaking things, stealing kias, etc. Generally causing monetary distress to the communities they live in without actually stealing anything of value or use.

Like its not crimes of desperation, they're not selling anything they steal, just having a good time breaking car windows and doing general mischief.

I know news media will amplify these for copaganda purposes. Hogs will go wild shouting for public executions of these teens, etc.

But like, what causes this and what can be done to help communities not have dangerously bored teens just absolutely fucking up people's month or year by destroying their budget car they need to get to work, breaking windows which is expensive to fix, and just happens again, and generally just being dicks breaking things.

Not all the victims of crime are annoying SF tech bloggers which are easy to write off and laugh at.

if my simple mind has been completely taken advantage of, please let me know. I just don't get the young chaos agents. I can defend people stealing from walgreens but I just don't get breaking your neighbors shit.

EDIT: Since the real likely answer is sad and doomery, I want to invite folks to offer ideas of what could be done to strengthen these communities and give these kids an outlet.

  • privatized_sun [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    I can defend people stealing from walgreens but I just don't get breaking your neighbors shit.

    sicko-biker "God does not differentiate between types of liberal property owner in his all-destructive floods"

    • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      idk, I'm talking personal property.

      It just further alienates a community knowing they have to keep their head on a swivel and that at any moment they're gonna have a 500 dollar repair bill for no reason and that the next two weeks waiting for the fix is going to be a burden.

      If you cant afford to fix that broken window, uh oh enjoy breathing mold on your drive to work.

      I've been watching this shit happen to neighbors and its just making people paranoid and resentful. I'm not gonna hand a 60y/o hvac technician some theory book and explain to him "acktually its funny a 15 year old broke your window".

      • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        at any moment they're gonna have a 500 dollar repair bill for no reason and that the next two weeks waiting for the fix is going to be a burden.

        Yeah there's no reason leftists should praise this stuff, for this exact reason. Understand, sure. Try to address the root causes, sure. Be lenient, sure. It just hurts working people and creates reactionaries.

        • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          This is where I'm at. I see it in real time, minor property crimes creating reactionaries out of my neighbors who are typically not too worried about things.

          We talk about material analysis, what's more material than getting wet on the way to work because some kid was bored after school. That shit would get anyone angry.

          I feel like dirtbag adjacent groups have lost the plot on "lol property damage". Its a tactic used to get a reaction from the people who hold power. Burn down a police station, raid a target, loot a rolex store. Big powerful symbols.