I swear I thought by the 21st century we had basically solved crime. We had found methods that worked. We had come to understand the cause and effect of crime thanks to ideas like broken window policing and big cities (especially NY where I lived until the end of last year) were safe and thriving. Then a new generation of blind idiots came into power and messed it all up with (to paraphrase Lincoln) the "same old serpent" that caused the crime explosion the first time.
I am now convinced that nothing is ever truly learned and bad ideas never really vanish. Every generation is doomed to repeat the same mistakes.
I swear I thought by the 21st century we had basically solved crime. We had found methods that worked. We had come to understand the cause and effect of crime thanks to ideas like broken window policing and big cities (especially NY where I lived until the end of last year) were safe and thriving. Then a new generation of blind idiots came into power and messed it all up with (to paraphrase Lincoln) the "same old serpent" that caused the crime explosion the first time.
I am now convinced that nothing is ever truly learned and bad ideas never really vanish. Every generation is doomed to repeat the same mistakes.
“True believers” who are immune to evidence.