Author and activist Mariame Kaba has talked about why those “sleepy little small towns” you hear about on true crime shows don’t have a ton of crime.
It’s because those people’s BASIC NEEDS—housing, school access, healthcare access, food security—are being met.
You actually reduce crime by eliminating poverty. You reduce crime with universal healthcare, public housing, livable wages, and free college. You reduce violence by creating happy, healthy communities that aren’t constantly fighting over basic needs and material resources.