And these values are tempered through learning experiences in the environment of people, places, and things. Sure, there is crime. Crime happens where you have people and laws. This does not diminish the impact and severity of crime in our society. But is should encourage rational thinking for the issues which need to be addressed if we wish to minimize occurrances of crimes in our ccmmunities.
Reactive measures are popular, now.
Then an argument to justify positions has those with wealth and power imposing laws to repress the poor and powerless. The rules from the wealthy and powerful to the poor and powerless is that they must learn to suffer gracefully and to maintain that level of tolerance for frustration if they want to stay out of jail. It isn't a clear-cut, black and white issue, but is intermingled with complexities. But for the purpose of an overview, it may be simply stated as I have done here. This was where the conflict burned brightest in the political postures of the Communists and the Capitalists.