Honestly, I’m not even seeing the point of the debate. Even their argument implies they’re well away of it.
The profit margin approaches infinity.
Most criminals clear less than they would working minimum wage.
It only appears to approach infinity if you ignore reality and consequences, which is often how criminals think. But it is not the actual truth, eh?
They aren’t making a wage at all. They are doing something else.
If they can’t turn around and sell/fence it for much, that definitely deters the ‘business model’.
If someone is doing this for 12 hours/day and clearing $100/day (or less) all said and done, that limits who and where that will happen.
If they are clearing $2000/day, that expands the pool a lot eh?
You can definitely see it in areas with predominantly iPhones as phone theft just isn’t a thing since Apple did their remote bricking thing.
I know people hate "Source?" as a reply but I think this claim really needs a source.
There is also the assumption that everyone has access to a job, which depending on where you are and what you're background is (we are very hostile to people with disabilities, physical "deformities" that people find unpleasant to look at, felony convictions, etc.) may or may not be true. A lot of folks turn to theft out of desperation.
However, [https://journalistsresource.org/economics/illegal-income-cri...] and [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004723522...]
Are interesting reading.
For the most part, crime doesn’t pay when you add all the costs involved. Society works very hard to make it that way.
Unless you’re pimping, higher up in organized crime, etc.