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RE: Downturn may turn techies to crime, say reports

mred39 21st Dec 2008

First of all a similar crash in the job market for IT professionals occurred at the end of 1999/beginning of 2000 (due to the fearmongering about Y2K). At that time, IT professionals (as I once was) filed for record numbers of bankrupcies and divorces, and were either forced to sell there homes or were foreclosed. To my knowledge, there was no great crime wave of "techie" crimes then.

However, we are an older generation that was taught different morals than today's generation. To us, stealing isn't an option, but from what I have seen in today's younger people that isn't necessarily so. Today's younger generation is an "entitlement" generation. What I mean is that they expect to be paid for doing nothing on their jobs (I see this all the time in my current job), they expect the government to provide food/ shelter/daycare, etc. Thus, it isn't much of a stretch in that "moral" fabric to feel entitled to commit crimes, especially if they feel that the crime will only affect the "evil rich". A prime example of this twisted logic was posted by EMonkIA. You haven't a clue do you EMonkIA? Those "crooked rich" are the ones that provide the jobs for us "little guys". Another fine example of government education at its finest.