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Not really, it's almost like the negative correlation makes this possible. America has very high rates of violent crime, and because of that, assassinating a f
by adwww 4y ago
Not really, it's almost like the negative correlation makes this possible.
America has very high rates of violent crime, and because of that, assassinating a former president would be really difficult.
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- bigDinosaur 4y agoThe American president also immediately becomes ultra famous the second they're elected in a way that most leaders don't, so they're definitely bigger targets regardless of America's crime rate.
- pjc50 4y agoIt seems to have happened quite a lot. Far more so than almost any other country? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden...
- drstewart 4y ago>Far more so than almost any other country Source for this assertion? Just Japan's page alone has more assassinated politicians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Assassinated_Japanese_politicians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Assassinated_Japanese...
- waffleiron 4y agoYou are comparing a list of presidents to a list of any Japanese politician, the wiki page you linked has mayors, governors, diplomates and at least one business man, and a few people who died before the US was founded.
- drstewart 4y agoAnd he's comparing a list of US president assassinations to absolutely nothing. So why are you calling my comparison out, when it's directly refuting his claim? Show me the source showing the US has more assassinations than anywhere else in the world. Because a list of 4 assassinated Presidents over 300 years doesn't make that obvious to me. Thanks in advance for your no-doubt quick cooperation to cite sources.