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The danger is sliding the Overton window so that society becomes accepting of theft, which makes life objectively worse for everyone including the thieves.

Look at things like food deserts for an example of why allowing high theft is bad. Crime is so normal in these areas that its not even viable to bring in food in exchange for money.



The Overton window is being shifted by an economy of poverty, not a marginal decrease in low-level prosecutions. FFS.




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