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Japan, Australia, NZ, Ireland...
In Sweden they have people's capital gains and income tax information publicly accessible, plus they refuse to properly enforce law and order. Paying taxes there is basically paying money to be robbed.
Police in the UK are basically useless: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/21/recorded-in-england-and-wales-at-20-year-high-as-charge-rate-hits-new-low
5% clearance rate! No wonder they're so eager to arrest people for thoughtcrime or speeding, solving proper crimes is clearly beyond them.
You're right, such a thing would never happen in glorious Nippon.
What is it that you think stops people from shaking people down for crypto in "civilized countries"? Is this the leviathan-shaped hole Hlynka keeps talking about?
Well in Japan they at least caught the guy, presumably he won't be doing it again. Your second link didn't open for me so IDK about that. The rate of such burglaries/muggings is very much lower in Japan than in the US or UK.
In civilized countries, police actually do their jobs (or are allowed to do their jobs). There really were places where people left their door open, there was no need to lock it, everyone was law-abiding. That's real history, still exists in some places. People actually trusted each other as opposed to shivering inside their South-Africa style fortresses because bad actors were quickly dealt with.
Girl passes out in the South Side of Chicago - very different story to girl passes out in Smallville Ohio. Now maybe things go bad there as well but it's a much more civilized part of the world, as reflected in property values and common sense.
The difference is that nobody's going to Smallville because they heard there's a girl there to rape. If you're bragging about being a Bitcoin millionaire online, thugs (and there are thugs in every country) are going to pay you a visit sooner or later. We're not talking about a crime of opportunity here, and muggings have nothing to do with it.
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