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Throwing something out to look at in the US at least-- Interpersonal trust might be decreasing: https://www.pewresearch.org/2025/05/08/americans-trust-in-one-a

by 9x39 2mo ago

Throwing something out to look at in the US at least-- Interpersonal trust might be decreasing: https://www.pewresearch.org/2025/05/08/americans-trust-in-one-another/ https://www.pewresearch.org/2025/05/08/americans-trust-in-on... But dwarfed by the trust decrease in institutions: https://www.pew.org/en/trend/archive/fall-2024/americans-deepening-mistrust-of-institutions https://www.pew.org/en/trend/archive/fall-2024/americans-dee... But maybe it's overstated, because trust seems sort of stable according to this group: https://www.edelman.com/trust/25years https://www.edelman.com/trust/25years >We no longer are capable of coordinated, collective action that benefits society. I think this might be too doomer for people, but I think it raises the concern often called two-tier policing or 'anarchotyranny', where such collective action to reform a society is viewed as a threat by the ruling organization and systematically attacked and dismantled. In contrast, petty crimes or even serious interpersonal crimes pose no threat to the ruling organization and receive disproportionately low effort relative to the collective action movements.

sellmesoap 2mo ago
Much like people being arrested for online statements in the UK, while violent crime is swept under the rug or otherwise downplayed.
- Nursie 2mo ago
  Violent crime in the UK is in long-term decline and despite what you may have heard, London is now safer than any US state. Violent crime in most western countries seems to me to be the opposite of downplayed - it’s up-played to whip up fear and support for populists, using emotive language and pointing to the worst examples rather than overall figures. The figures generally show we’re all so much safer from violent crime than we were in previous decades in western nations. We’re also just more exposed to stories about it.
  - imagent 2mo ago
    No, we're in a vicious cycle where the police rarely do anything helpful about violent crime, so people have stopped reporting it.
    - Nursie 2mo ago
      No, you’ve fallen victim to propaganda.
- inigyou 2mo ago
  Which statements did people get arrested for?
  - sellmesoap 2mo ago
    A quick search led me to this, and lots like it https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/03/the-victims-of-britains-free-speech-crackdown/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/03/the-victims-of-b...

by 9x39 2mo ago

sellmesoap 2mo ago

Much like people being arrested for online statements in the UK, while violent crime is swept under the rug or otherwise downplayed.

Nursie 2mo ago
Violent crime in the UK is in long-term decline and despite what you may have heard, London is now safer than any US state. Violent crime in most western countries seems to me to be the opposite of downplayed - it’s up-played to whip up fear and support for populists, using emotive language and pointing to the worst examples rather than overall figures. The figures generally show we’re all so much safer from violent crime than we were in previous decades in western nations. We’re also just more exposed to stories about it.
- imagent 2mo ago
  No, we're in a vicious cycle where the police rarely do anything helpful about violent crime, so people have stopped reporting it.
  - Nursie 2mo ago
    No, you’ve fallen victim to propaganda.
inigyou 2mo ago
Which statements did people get arrested for?
- sellmesoap 2mo ago
  A quick search led me to this, and lots like it https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/03/the-victims-of-britains-free-speech-crackdown/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/03/the-victims-of-b...