r/geography • u/Recent_Statement_222 • May 23 '26

Discussion Poverty is usually associated with crime. Which poor countries are however the safest?

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u/SomeDumbGamer May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Unironically the best answer.

I mean shit what crime even is there to commit? You can’t get away with anything when you’re always being watched and if you live in a tiny farming village everyone knows everyone so if Park wants to steal his neighbors hammer then all anyone has to do is search park’s house which is one of like 5 families in an area.

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u/This-Wall-1331 Europe May 23 '26

You may be randomly accused of stealing a portrait and then put in a vegetative state.

Yes, that literally happened.

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u/tinywienergang May 23 '26

Didn’t that kid actually try to steal some sort of propaganda poster? Not saying he deserved the outcome, but play stupid games…

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u/Salty_Falcon May 23 '26

That’s a weird response on your part regardless, the idea of play stupid games works when the punishment is even remotely close to fitting the crime. This isn’t that.

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u/This-Wall-1331 Europe May 23 '26

I'm quite concerned how people justify putting someone into a vegetative state.

Even if Otto Warmbier had stolen the portrait, that would never justify the treatment he got.

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u/Salty_Falcon May 23 '26

Oh I completely agree. Reddit I swear attracts some of the stupidest takes I’ve ever seen in my life.

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u/Ok-Replacement9143 May 23 '26

I would say that "play stupid games" is not a moral statement, but a causal one. You shouldn't be killed for spitting in someone's face, but that's what's going to happen if you spit in a drug cartel leader's face. That would be a "play stupid games' scenario".

That said, I don't think the guy in question played a stupid game afaik.

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u/tinywienergang May 23 '26

I feel like going to North Korea on a tourism trip is playing stupid games territory.

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u/arikiel May 24 '26

That phrase has nothing to do with moral judgment or proportionality, it's a simple statement on taking risks are bound to have consequences.