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Podcast: All Things Crime
Episode: Scarcity Breeds Violence - National and Personal Security
Description: In Matrix Resurrection Captain Nairobi says "Nothing breeds violence like scarcity". That statement made me rewind and listen to it again. Because it's ABSOLUTELY true. Good times brings contentment, lounging, easy living. Take away people's resources and see how quickly that changes, especially if those resources include the bare necessities - food, shelter and security. I'm headed to Australia for work. As a US citizen, supposedly an Australian ally, in order to obtain a visa and enter the country I had to fill out a 19 page questionnaire, submit my marriage license, DD214, 3 months of...