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The US isn't even in the top 100 when it comes to homicides. I haven't been able to find statistics on "mass murders" which include firearm, arson, bombs, knife
by kcmastrpc 7y ago
The US isn't even in the top 100 when it comes to homicides. I haven't been able to find statistics on "mass murders" which include firearm, arson, bombs, knife, etc attacks. All the media and sensationalist headlines have drowned out any hope I had of quickly researching this issue.
Here's what I've found so far:
https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-06-27/map-here-are-countries-worlds-highest-murder-rates https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-06-27/map-here-are-countrie...
- Juliate 7y agoRight. So, indeed, compare USA's violence score with: * those of the countries where the USA have put their own violent influence to steer benefits back to them (Central & South America). * or those where another white supremacist ideology has been prevalent and is being actively fought against (South Africa). But, surely, don't compare with countries that would be good reference to compare against (aka, friends with which you ought to have shared some common history, like, Europe).
- tomatotomato37 7y agoThis is a false equivalence; The foreign policy of the state has nothing to do with the levels of violence between its citizens.
- Juliate 7y agoThe point was not comparing foreign policy, but in-society violence. Foreign policy here is what triggered instability and in-society violence.