https://luxurylaunches.com/transport/kaos-security-at-malaga-06062026.php
{{ Walmart’s billionaire heiress Nancy Walton is so scared of eco-activists that, when vacationing in Spain, she not only covers the nameplate of her $300 million superyacht and also has round-the-clock dockside guards watching the 361-foot-long Kaos. }}
It’s a lot easier to move around like Keanu Reeves
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yeah but there is a wealth gap there. 
If I could afford a $300M yacht, I would have security. In an ideal world, one should never need it. But it’s a reality. If you’re uber wealthy, you’re more likely to be a kidnap target, or a burglary target, or whatever.
If one travels internationally, the general advice is don’t show off your wealth. Whether in England or the Philippines. You’re just asking for trouble.
In spite of all the concern, I think law and order works in the US and some countries much better than others. Business trip to Mexico our company office had armed guard in the lobby. Homes often have wall with broken glass or barbed wire on top. Parking lots have guards and gates to close ot prevent theft. In Cartehena, hotel had armed guard in the lobby.
Poverty and wealth divide creates many who feel they must steal. Be careful!!
Heck, when I had the wheelchair mishap last October, the local hospital had an armed guard at the door to the ER. {{ LOL }}
intercst
Seems like if one is rich, the exclusivity catches up to you. Google is available. Over 328 ft has another marker. That translates to 100 meters, and gets tagged as giga-yacht. Google suggested 35 - 45 such yachts. AI could likely help narrow down the rough location of about 45 large objects that move from time-to-time. And if they don’t move, that’s useful too.
Just sayin’
This is very interesting wording to me. I’ve lived below poverty levels for part of my life. “feel they must” makes it sound like it’s just an option that they had and made a bad choice. That kinda thinking misses the whole point of poverty and why someone might consider theft to feed themselves.
WOW…the wording in that article is so out of touch. “Kaos is living the idiom”, “So while Kaos remains intent on enjoying the Mediterranean”, “one Kaos seems determined to avoid repeating for now”
It’s not a F’n person, and they are totally personifying it on purpose. But look at history when things go this out of touch with regular people…it doesn’t go well.
Every hospital I ever worked at has had armed guards/security (usually off duty police). It is being proactive instead of reactive. In the aftermath of Katrina, my former hometown got flooded (pun intended) with refugees. Every hospital went into lockdown mode with one monitored/guarded entrance.
Double heck, lots of schools have armed School Resource Officers (SROs).
Ummm, maybe proactive in the sense that they’ll prevent the next one…
West Virginia has the lowest median income of any state is the US. Yet, it consistently ranks on average 38% below the national average in terms of petty crime, larceny and violent crime. I don’t think the absolute divide between rich and poor matters, nor should it, other than for those trying to capitalize on it for political purposes.
There is nothing in West Virginia worth stealing.
That, or the difference in wealth is not the primary catalyst for criminal behavior, just a political platform. Absolute poverty and scarcity probably play a role in increased criminal tendencies but not simply because the rich are richer.
Wiki suggests otherwise:
32nd (where 1st is best) for homicide
37th for rape
3rd (really good) for robbery
19th for aggravated assault
In summary, pretty good for the lesser stuff, not so much for the more violent stuff.
I’m sure there are plenty below the poverty line who struggle on and abide by the law. I suspect that shoplifting at the grocery store is more common in poverty areas. A major reason those stores close leaving a food desert.
No easy solution. When people are hungry and have trouble feeding their families a little theft here and there seems ok to them.
But since we’re talking about property crimes, West Virginia does indeed come in quite low (#45) at 1162 per 100K people.
DB2
I reference that fact (i.e. “pretty good for the lesser stuff”), but the post I replied to also stated “violent crime” - which is not correct.
The argument was the greater the divide between rich and poor the more likely that the poor will resort to crime. I don’t think there is any clear evidence to suggest that but is simply a talking political point.
There is evidence that absolute poverty coupled with scarcity increases certain types of theft, but that has little to do with relative wealth gaps. The anecdotal evidence in the US seems to suggest that a tolerance for crime actually exacerbates the problem, causing stores to close up and leave. We have seen this happen in Major areas like, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco that have decriminalized what is considered petty theft. It’s actually not poverty but the policies to address it or the resulting criminal behavior that are causing those businesses to leave.
Actual evidence suggests that inequalities in the justice system exacerbates the problem. For example, requiring cash bail results in poorer defendants often choosing to accept harsher plea deals that will directly impact their ability to work and make money in the future.
These places haven’t decriminalized petty theft. Dropping something from a felony to a misdemeanor is not decriminalization.
I agree that it’s not as simple as saying poorer areas have more crime, it’s complicated. Take WV for example, lots of old people, lots of disabled people, lots of people who live in poverty or right on the edge (almost 50% of the population). Demographics plays a role. Urban vs. rural plays a role. Criminal justice inequalities play a role. Wealth inequalities probably also play a role.
We’re talking about two issues. 1) does an increasing difference between the poor and wealthy increase the rate of crime 2) I guess we also meandered into business closings in poorer areas.
Inequalities in the justice system that result in poverty, it has nothing to do with point 1. As to store closures, if this were pertinent, why are store closures happening now and in areas presumably where cash bail is being waived and there is greater awareness of inequality in justice?
You are arguing semantics. These are all areas that have reclassified the behavior from a felony to misdemeanor, taken a less active role in prosecuting such a behavior, and have reduced or taken active effort to limit police resources to respond these types of crimes. The net effect is decriminalization and increase in such behavior.
Again, there is no evidence to suggest that an increase in wealth gap increases the likelihood that the poor will engage in criminal behavior. Demographics certainly do play a play part. Major chain stores are closing in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco for what are some very obvious reasons and it has nothing to do with criminal justice inequalities or an organized frustration that a millionaire has become a billionaire.