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.

  • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Sorry bud. You’re posting on an echo chamber full tribalistic boot lickers. They want a world where they feel protected by others so badly that they convince themselves it’s ok to make sure nobody has the means to protect themselves.