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All those things are true in other democratic countries as well, but most of them don't have anywhere near the incarceration of the United States.
by baddox 11y ago
All those things are true in other democratic countries as well, but most of them don't have anywhere near the incarceration of the United States.
- happyscrappy 11y agoThe US is by far the most violent western nation.
- pm90 11y agoAlso by far the most populous. You have to think about this in the context of history. The US has largely been diverse throughout most of its history. Most developed countries are largely dominated by one race.
- ta0967 11y agoi don't understand this argument, can you elaborate? it looks like you're suggesting that usa is a nexus of interracial violence and other race-motivated crimes.
- bzbarsky 11y agoExcept for homicide, this is not true nowadays. See http://economicpolicy.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/67/347.abstract http://economicpolicy.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/67/347.a... for a recent study on the subject, which notes your opinion as a "common perception" that does not match the actual data.