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Man gets mugged by mugger then attacked by neighbors
Man gets mugged by mugger then attacked by neighbors
Douglas Rushkoff was mugged. When he posted this fact to a neighborhood message board, he was attacked by his neighbors for posting something that might hurt property values. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago
tags rushkoff mugged property value Brooklyn
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 nev
5 months ago
Can't make this @#$% up...
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 suebe
5 months ago
Amazing that they're worried about their money and not about crime on their street.
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 breex243
5 months ago
« suebe : Amazing that they're worried about their money and not about crime on their street.
SHHH...if you don't mention it, it doesn't exist
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 maven
5 months ago
That’s why it’s no longer Big Brother who should frighten us—however much corporate lobbies still seek to vilify anything to do with government beyond their own bailouts. Sure, democracy may be the quaint artifact of an earlier era, but what has taken its place? Suspension of habeas corpus, surveillance of citizens, and the occasional repression of voting notwithstanding, this mess is not the fault of a particular administration or political party, but of a culture, economy, and belief system that places market priorities above life itself. It’s not the fault of a government or a corporation, the news media or the entertainment industry, but the merging of all these entities into a single, highly centralized authority with the ability to write laws, issue money, and promote its expansion into our world.
Long read, but well worth it.

This is the real trickle down effect.
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 nateebii...
5 months ago
Wow...what a story.
Imagine how much more the property values would have been effected had he been killed.

Kudos to Rushkoff for telling his story.
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 xvbones
5 months ago
The detectives who took my report drove the point home. One of
them drew a circle on a map of Brooklyn. “Inside this circle is where
the rich white people from Manhattan are moving. That’s the target
area. Hunting ground. Think about it from your mugger’s point of
view: quiet, tree-lined streets of row houses, each worth a million or
two, and inhabited by the rich people who displaced your family. Now,
you live in or around the projects just outside the circle. Where would
you go to mug someone?”
This. Precisely this, and it's amazing this even needs to be pointed out.

A 'good neighborhood' is not a deflective shield, it's a bloody pheromone trail.

A wealthy mark is less likely to defend him or herself physically, and even less likely to broadcast how very easily it is to victimize them, just like any other person.

And obviously, extremely likely to have expensive swag on-hand.

A ratty coat and tattered shoes are some of the best anti-mugger armor in the world - why bother risking a mark who might have a gun if it doesn't look like he's even got anything good on him?
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