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US still has 2nd highest murder rate and highest incarceration, so just statistically, absolutely ANYWHERE BUT America if you are at the bottom, US is great for
by kylebenzle 3y ago
US still has 2nd highest murder rate and highest incarceration, so just statistically, absolutely ANYWHERE BUT America if you are at the bottom, US is great for the middle and upper classes.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoThats kinda what I was obliquely referring to originally Edit: and also, I feel like there's bigger and smaller examples of similar equally or moreso populous jurisdictions that are quite safe and peaceful to the extent that I feel like its gotta be the god and its gotta be the guns.
- sokoloff 3y agoIf I sort this table by rate, US is 53rd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... If I sort this table by rate (and exclude a small territory), the US is 5th: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...