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Why Does America Feel Worse Than Other Countries? Crime

4 points by barry-cotter 8mo ago

Fricken 8mo ago
The author forgot to look up. America is being run by it's worst criminals. It's a very conspicuous time to not be looking up.
- verdverm 8mo ago
  The Epstein Class, which is global, like the sentiments people have for the state of the world
anovikov 8mo ago
Reason is that prisons are overfilled and there is no way to lock each of them up permanently?
jfengel 8mo ago
The best way to compare crime rates across countries is to look at murder rates. No, it isn't. It's the easiest, but not the best. America has more murders because we make murder easy. No other country is awash in guns. Other comparisons are harder to make, but people have taken a stab at it. https://ocindex.net/rankings?f=rankings&view=List https://ocindex.net/rankings?f=rankings&view=List The US is tied for 60th with the UK. France and Italy slightly more; Germany and Ireland somewhat less. Another list, for rape: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Violent-crime/Rapes-per-million-people https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Violen... The US sits between Belgium and New Zealand. Australia and Sweden have rather more; other European countries less. It simply doesn't hold up to say "crime". If you want to say "murder", yes, the statistics do justify that. But that's a very specific kind of crime, with a really specific factor that no other developed country has. There is one sense in which "crime" in general is a problem: the fact that it's been falling for decades, and yet we're more and more afraid of it. Crime is not the problem, but perception definitely is.
- barry-cotter 8mo ago
  > America has more murders because we make murder easy. No other country is awash in guns. Switzerland, Canada. The US has more illegal guns but ~every adult male Swiss citizen has access to a gun and training in how to use it. Hunting is as popular in Canada as it is with similar demographics in the US and having plenty of guns around does not make them anomalously murderous.

4 points by barry-cotter 8mo ago

The author forgot to look up. America is being run by it's worst criminals. It's a very conspicuous time to not be looking up.

verdverm 8mo ago
The Epstein Class, which is global, like the sentiments people have for the state of the world

anovikov 8mo ago

Reason is that prisons are overfilled and there is no way to lock each of them up permanently?

jfengel 8mo ago

The best way to compare crime rates across countries is to look at murder rates. No, it isn't. It's the easiest, but not the best. America has more murders because we make murder easy. No other country is awash in guns. Other comparisons are harder to make, but people have taken a stab at it. https://ocindex.net/rankings?f=rankings&view=List https://ocindex.net/rankings?f=rankings&view=List The US is tied for 60th with the UK. France and Italy slightly more; Germany and Ireland somewhat less. Another list, for rape: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Violent-crime/Rapes-per-million-people https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Violen... The US sits between Belgium and New Zealand. Australia and Sweden have rather more; other European countries less. It simply doesn't hold up to say "crime". If you want to say "murder", yes, the statistics do justify that. But that's a very specific kind of crime, with a really specific factor that no other developed country has. There is one sense in which "crime" in general is a problem: the fact that it's been falling for decades, and yet we're more and more afraid of it. Crime is not the problem, but perception definitely is.

barry-cotter 8mo ago
> America has more murders because we make murder easy. No other country is awash in guns. Switzerland, Canada. The US has more illegal guns but ~every adult male Swiss citizen has access to a gun and training in how to use it. Hunting is as popular in Canada as it is with similar demographics in the US and having plenty of guns around does not make them anomalously murderous.