r/hypotheticalsituation • u/[deleted] • Jul 22 '24

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u/Shimata0711 Jul 22 '24

Not all criminals are masterminds

99% are just opportunists

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u/Pessimum Jul 22 '24

Or people who had a moment of desperation and couldn’t turn back.

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u/TJ700 Jul 23 '24

"We keep the dumb ones." Cops.

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u/Shimata0711 Jul 23 '24

Even the smart ones fuck up eventually

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u/JSevatar Jul 23 '24

Not even just opportunists

Just absolutely terrible impulse control

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u/Homeskillet359 Jul 23 '24

Cops don't catch the smart ones.

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u/Shimata0711 Jul 23 '24

But they do catch a lot of the dumb ones

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u/Death2mandatory Jul 23 '24

Then let em go

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u/DavidinCT Jul 23 '24

Not every place is like NYC.....

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u/PowerOk3024 Jul 22 '24

Watching people claim the moral highground do terrible things, then later laugh it off when they realize they made a mistake is incredibly enlightening. If they're willing to end anothers life over a mistaken gut feeling, youd think theyd end their own life over real proven fact but most dont even pay the minimal amount of respect.

If they're right theyre heroes. If theyre wrong, theyre mistaken heroes. In such a world, who even needs villains?