>>1862343>3- Those immigrants drive criminality up when they segregate themselves. They come from a more violent and crime ridden civilization, which means that if left to their own devices the bad apples in the bunch can influence the others more easily. Segregation also creates a feeling of other, which makes violence against each other easier.The criminalization of non-violent actions can be a gateway to more violent activities. By allowing people to live as they want non-violently, as an individual or community, then we can avoid the unnecessary spiral of repression and rebellion. Of course violence is defined subjectively, but that must be negotiated by the affected parties. The worst examples of these lead to escalatory wars.
Allowing the free association of people is like privacy. Privacy allows people breathing room to cool down from disagreements without going up the chain of aggression and defense. Today, we live in a heightened state of surveillance and social visibility which leads to tensions on social media networks. With healthier boundaries between individuals in disagreement we can establish more effective ways of solving our problems without festering new resentful toxic environments.
With regards to the percentage of violent individuals within a population, the solution is to give communities the means to provide their own security, while the community as a whole is held accountable and the members of the community allowed to leave if they feel threatened. It's my experience people feel less resentful towards members of their own culture that are keeping them secure.
Feeling like the other is common even among the "majority" population. During COVID we had "mass formation psychosis" which relies on many people feeling otherized and blaming their perceived opposition. Many people who are unable to fit into institutional models are alienated as they have no "tribe," or it's dangerous to associate with like-minded individuals because surveillance.
