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That’s crazy. It’s almost like poverty alleviation is far more successful than thinly veiled 21st century Jim Crow
Yep. The main thing to remember here is that this wasn't always this way. China used to be much more dangerous in the late 80s and throughout the 90s. The huge improvement in material conditions came with a very noticeable reduction in crime. It wasn't simply a matter of better policing or surveillance. Even anti-corruption efforts could not have succeeded without the material basis improving across the whole of society. This is like a perfect case study that confirms what leftists have always been saying, which is that you don't solve crime with punitive draconian measures, but by lifting people up out of the conditions that create crime. That and having a society that is less focused on the individual and more on social "harmony" as the Chinese would say.