>>81538828
>it's actually poverty
that's not actually leftist analysis but liberal analysis. The biggest predictor for crime is class, not income.

>lumpen
violent crime
>proletarian
least likely to commit any crime
>petit bourgeoisie and bourgeoisie
scams, white collar crime, child rape islands, shit you can easily get away with if you have the money (you do)

In america (which is a country with an uniquely racist history) the people with the most unstable relationship with production (and by that I mean people that own no property and that are unlikely to find employment) are almost exclusively the ones with browner skin colors. When you have neither property nor employment then you need to find different ways to make a living, which can be (and often is) crime, but it can also be vagrancy, begging and whatnot.

It's the reason poor whites are often non criminals, they're generally low income proletarians. Since they have a consistent source of income (their low paying jobs) crime stays out of mind.

But it doesn't end there. The way people think is coherent to their material conditions. To their class. So, it's no surprise that people that are forced to live violent, opportunistic and mercenary lives within the outskirts of society will sometimes commit acts of violence for no practical reason. It's simply what they know and what they're used to, and often having abilities for violence is even considered desirable.