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Believing that a rich guy is going to save us is one of the more worrying trends in the American polity. The downward tend of crime has nothing to do with Lurie
by femiagbabiaka 2y ago
Believing that a rich guy is going to save us is one of the more worrying trends in the American polity. The downward tend of crime has nothing to do with Lurie. That has been going down since the COVID lockdowns, which.. of course it was. The data lays this out clearly. It's not even clear that Brooke Jenkins has had that much of an effect. Turns out the COVID lockdowns and BLM unrest were generational events that raised crime and after them society pretty much went back to normal.
Lurie has been trying to do his version of a crackdown. Mission Local has covered it thoroughly -- he's accomplished very little in reality, because actually, these problems are difficult to solve:
https://missionlocal.org/2025/04/tracking-sf-mayor-luries-first-100-days-in-office/ https://missionlocal.org/2025/04/tracking-sf-mayor-luries-fi...
- CamperBob2 2y agoBelieving that a rich guy is going to save us is one of the more worrying trends in the American polity. Well, bums aren't going to save us, so...
- femiagbabiaka 2y agoThe only two people who exist in the world are rich guys and bums. Not meant as an attack: this is a quintessentially American statement.
- CamperBob2 2y agoWell, the middle class isn't going to save us, so...
- femiagbabiaka 2y agoWho is us? The answer to that question is who will actually do the saving. Not the trust fund kids or the "middle class", which unfortunately means little in 2025.
- mgraczyk 2y agoThen why did crime not go down until less than a year ago?
- femiagbabiaka 2y agoBecause that's literally not what happened. Crime during 2024 was at all time historical lows: https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-francisco-crime-rate-hits-20-year-low-according-to-outgoing-mayor/ https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-francisco-crime-rate.... The data is publicly available: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crim...
- mgraczyk 2y agoHow do you explain the 9 year delay from 2015 to 2024. And to be clear I am not even claiming that Lurie alone has caused crime to go down. I am claiming that a small number of rich people have, including all of their actions prior to 2025. What is the alternative explanation? What changed in 2024 under your theory?
- femiagbabiaka 2y ago9 year delay in what? Not all types of crime followed the same patterns during that time period.