"...Is it because this is now the only trade accessible to the unskilled? So you've got an effective labour oversupply? Something gangs settle via a more permanent sort of downsizing (stabbing competitors)."That "only trade accessible to the unskilled?" is straight-up profound.
She was riffing off an article in The Guardian's sister publication, The Observer:
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County lines gangs: how drug-running is fuelling knife crime
An hour-and-a-half later The Observer published:
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Mothers send sons to Somalia to avoid knife crime
And when I got around to reading it all I could think of was how many times we've seen similar stories:
Thousands Of Migrants Flee Finland Hoping For A Better Life In Iraq
Migrant Workers Leaving Greece, Going Home to Albania....
Refugees Fleeing Europe In Search Of A Better Life In Syria, Turkey
...and from a 2002 Federal Reserve Board Open Market Committee transcript:
“There is growing anecdotal evidence that this may be due to Mexican immigrants departing the United States in search of a better life in MexicoHere's Izabella:
And here's the last time we commented on the current situation:So then the question is, what's driving the competition among urban gangs? Is it because this is now the only trade accessible to the unskilled? So you've got an effective labour oversupply? Something gangs settle via a more permanent sort of downsizing (stabbing competitors)— Izabella Kaminska (@izakaminska) March 11, 2019
"Norway has full supremacy over Svalbard snow crabs, Supreme Court rules"
...I'm pretty sure this isn't a snow crab, it looks more English actually.
I know, sophomoric.
You want profound? Go to the Financial Times
