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Then how do you explain India? There exists massive wealth inequality in India as well, yet the murder rate is infinitesimal compared to Latin America. I belie

• dahfizz 8y ago
  Does india have a drug problem or such a corrupt, unhelpful government? I don't know which way the causality goes, but all of the above (drugs, culture, crime, poor government) seem to be correlated.
  • beatgammit 8y ago
    > illegal drugs Drugs don't seem to be the problem (e.g. look at Portugal or The Netherlands), but illegal drug trade. The violence doesn't seem to come from drug users, but drug traffickers. If we make it legal, the drug traffickers go out of business. My guess is that Latin America is worse than India because the US is close to Latin America, and the US buys a lot of drugs. If we legalize the more common drugs, I anticipate that the weaker demand will drastically reduce gang violence because there just isn't as much money as stake. India doesn't border a wealthy country, so it isn't likely as lucrative to murder. That's my guess, and I'd like to see some research to explain it better than my gut reaction.
  • briandear 8y ago
    > Does Indian have such a corrupt, unhelpful government? Yes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronakdesai/2018/03/07/india-continues-to-be-one-of-the-most-corrupt-countries-in-the-world/#45acca4a79c6 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronakdesai/2018/03/07/india-con...
• Pinckney 8y ago
  Doesn't India actually have a fairly low Gini index? Lower than any country in South or Latin America, save Uruguay.