People don't get involved in criminality, in general, out of desperation, but because they enjoy the lifestyle. Hence the hundreds of successful e.g. rappers who end up in prison (or dead) even long after they had far more than enough money that any sense of wanting was far behind them.

> People don't get involved in criminality, in general, out of desperation, but because they enjoy the lifestyle.

ugh. why do you suppose there is a two degrees of magnitude difference in crime between poor and rich nations? there is no connection to theft not sounding that bad when you are starving?

also, are you supposing all the gangs breaking into&robbing homes are actually bored millionaires?