Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
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Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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If people aren’t panicked, they wouldn’t elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.

  • smort@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    Fireworks, cars backfiring, and construction noises. I lived in a nice part of Oakland for years and Nextdoor was full of people terrified of these spectres

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      My Nextdoor is filled with people fearfully asking why there are helicopters overhead … when we live near numerous hospitals with helipads.