From the Left's point of view, bad behavior, at least by certain favored groups, should be ignored, or, if not ignored, then explained away by diabolical social forces-poverty, in particular-that cause the bad behavior.
Wax and Alexander committed a sin in the Left's eyes: they made the connection between behavior and life outcomes explicit and thereby rejected the narrative that unjust social structures, not individual choices, block people from reaching their potential.
By the same token, what we could call behavioral poverty helps explain how some individuals spend their lives mired in poverty and social dysfunction.
Robins found that behavior was the foremost predictor of subsequent conduct and life circumstances and that social class or poverty played little role.
The connections with traditional social institutions facilitated lawful, moral behavior.
Criminal behavior is a powerful predictor of poverty-not because offenders encounter such harsh social and legal sanctions but because their actions remain consistently antisocial.
Admittedly, changing behavior is difficult, but robbing people of the motive to change by removing consequences also removes accountability.
https://www.city-journal.org/behavioral-poverty
Wax and Alexander committed a sin in the Left's eyes: they made the connection between behavior and life outcomes explicit and thereby rejected the narrative that unjust social structures, not individual choices, block people from reaching their potential.
By the same token, what we could call behavioral poverty helps explain how some individuals spend their lives mired in poverty and social dysfunction.
Robins found that behavior was the foremost predictor of subsequent conduct and life circumstances and that social class or poverty played little role.
The connections with traditional social institutions facilitated lawful, moral behavior.
Criminal behavior is a powerful predictor of poverty-not because offenders encounter such harsh social and legal sanctions but because their actions remain consistently antisocial.
Admittedly, changing behavior is difficult, but robbing people of the motive to change by removing consequences also removes accountability.
https://www.city-journal.org/behavioral-poverty
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