alt Hacker NewsWhat is that supposed to mean in the context? Anyway:
> But rather a sign of decaying times (the fall of the USSR and the economic hardship).
Nope, people turned to crime, because it was available. You did not seen poor people turning to crime because of economic hardship, you have seen average people or people with money to turn to crime, because there was good crime opportunity.
its kinda rich talking about Russian/Soviet crime in the 1990s, when in the US 1% of population is incarcerated (top-1 in the world), 19 mln have felony record, and 79 mln people or 1/3 of population have some sort of misdemeanor or past criminal record
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/directlyimpacted2025.htm...