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Breaking the Cycle: How to Counteract the Cloward-Piven Strategy and Restore Economic Freedom
The choice is clear. Embrace the politics of dependence and decline or fight for the principles of freedom and self-reliance.

Sam Wilks
Mar 55 min read
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Can Crime Mapping Technology Make Cities Safer?
Crime mapping relies on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to track and analyse criminal activity.

Sam Wilks
Mar 45 min read
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The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Crime Reduction
Faith-based institutions also create tightly knit communities, providing a sense of belonging and deterring criminal behaviour.

Sam Wilks
Mar 34 min read
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The Road to Serfdom: Cloward-Piven’s Role in Modern Policy Disasters
The NT government’s creation of an unelected "uber" bureaucrat is a textbook case of centralizing power under the guise of efficiency.

Sam Wilks
Mar 26 min read
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How Cross-Border Bikie Gangs and Criminal Cartels Affect Local Crime Rates
Bikie gangs, often romanticised in popular culture, have long outgrown their image as rebellious motorcyclists living outside the law.

Sam Wilks
Mar 15 min read
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The Neuroscience of Crime: How Brain Abnormalities Influence Criminality
The neuroscience of crime provides a sobering reality, many criminals are not merely products of their environment but their own neurology

Sam Wilks
Feb 285 min read
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How Welfare Dependency Can Contribute to Crime
f the goal is to reduce crime, then the first step is to dismantle the welfare structures that enable it.

Sam Wilks
Feb 275 min read
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The Cloward-Piven Strategy and the Death of Middle-Class Prosperity
This is the Road to Serfdom Friedrich Hayek describes.

Sam Wilks
Feb 264 min read
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How Strict Gun Laws Impact Crime Rates
If the goal is truly to reduce violent crime, then the conversation needs to shift away from restriction and toward empowerment.

Sam Wilks
Feb 255 min read
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Should the Death Penalty Be Used as a Deterrent?
History also reveals that governments, when granted absolute authority, abuse it every single time.

Sam Wilks
Feb 246 min read
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Weaponizing Welfare: How they use the Cloward-Piven Strategy to Expand the State
The only way forward to dismantle the machine of mass dependency and restore the principles of work, responsibility, and self-determination.

Sam Wilks
Feb 234 min read
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Does School Discipline Prevent or Promote Crime?
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Sam Wilks
Feb 226 min read
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Mandatory Sentencing: Does It Deter Criminal Behaviour?
The effectiveness of mandatory sentencing depends on what one hopes to achieve.

Sam Wilks
Feb 216 min read
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How Proper Lighting in Public Spaces Deters Attacks
The impact of street lighting on crime reduction has been well-documented in various jurisdictions.

Sam Wilks
Feb 204 min read
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The Hidden Hand: How Bureaucrats and Politicians Use Cloward-Piven to Maintain Power
People tend to be far more polite when the consequence of bad behaviour is far more permanent.

Sam Wilks
Feb 195 min read
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Can Personality Traits Predict Criminal Behaviour?
Personality traits alone do not dictate criminal behaviour, but they serve as critical indicators that should not be ignored.

Sam Wilks
Feb 184 min read
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USAID and the Destruction Caused by Good Intentions!
Aid distribution also introduces a political dimension that can be highly destabilising.

Sam Wilks
Feb 175 min read
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Why Speedy Trials Matter in Reducing Crime and Backlogs
Speedy trials are not just about efficiency, they are about justice. Justice delayed is often justice denied.

Sam Wilks
Feb 173 min read
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From Crisis to Control: How the Cloward-Piven Strategy Undermines Free Societies
It is no coincidence that many of these NGOs are backed by individuals who profit from economic destabilization and social chaos.

Sam Wilks
Feb 165 min read
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Does Access to Free Education Reduce Crime Rates?
Access to education is not a guaranteed pathway to lower crime rates.

Sam Wilks
Feb 155 min read
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