Dennis Prager argues violent crime stems from bad values and weak conscience, not poverty. His grandparents were poor but didn't commit crimes. He criticizes the left for excusing wrongdoing instead of addressing moral failure.
This is another repeat of the, the left-wing lie, which predates my birth: poverty causes crime. So I remember, as I said to you, as a kid, I, I knew that it was ridiculous given how poor my grandparents were. Why was it inconceivable to me that my grandfather would rape or murder or mug? Why inconceivable? It was— the thought was ludicrous because he had values. You know what causes violent crime? Crappy values. Hello, that's it. Your values stink. You have a malfunctioning conscience. The mayor of Chicago is a punk excusing evil. That's what the left does. It's always excused evil.
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