Thieves and other "bad actors" are often a consequence of deeper underlying problems. People don't tend to steal that much when they are economically comfortable. OTOH with no legal resort to get sustinence, you're guaranteed to get people to resort to illegal means.
I'm rather baffled how educated adult human beings keep on analyzing the world using moralistic fairytale level concepts like "bad actors" or "evildoers" as if there are some inherently tainted souls doing bad things just because they are bad.
In my, probably biased, assesment this is especially prevalent in the US public discourse.
I'm rather baffled how educated adult human beings keep on analyzing the world using moralistic fairytale level concepts like "bad actors" or "evildoers" as if there are some inherently tainted souls doing bad things just because they are bad.
In my, probably biased, assesment this is especially prevalent in the US public discourse.