Defund the Police is a Luxury Belief
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Brief Summary
The episode examines how luxury beliefs, like defunding the police, harm low-income communities.
Key points
- Luxury Belief Explained. The concept of luxury belief highlights how wealth influences opinions on social issues.
- Survey Insights on Defunding Police. Surveys reveal that higher-income Americans support defunding the police more than lower-income groups.
- Crime Victimization Statistics. The poorest Americans are disproportionately affected by crime compared to wealthier individuals.
Transcript
so what is an example of a luxury belief well in 2020 the defunded the police movement gained a lot of momentum and in early 2021 yugov ran a survey and found that overall Americans were very much against defunding the police but when they broke down the results by income category they found that the highest income Americans were by far the most supportive of defunding the police there was another survey of just Democratic voters and found that white Democrats were far more supportive of defunding the police than Black and Hispanic Democrats and so as a result despite the fact that most people didn't want this many cities across the US subsequently reduced spending for police departments
and this has contributed to the violent crime wave that we've seen over the last couple of years so in the US relative to those earn $75,000 or more per year the poorest Americans are seven times more likely to be victims of robbery seven times more likely to be victims of aggravated assault and 20 times more likely to be victims of sexual assault it's important here to understand that to not stop crime is to actually victimize uh the poor this is luxury belief
