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92% of Republicans, 78% of independents and 58% of Democrats believe crime is rising, as crime rates plummet (1ft.io)
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If people aren't panicked, they wouldn't elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The people who actually believe crime is rising clearly need to take the plastic bag off of their heads and remove themselves from the hole they've been living under for more than a century.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

It's unleaded gasoline, I think. They took the lead out of gasoline, and crime rates went way down in subsequent generations.

Also, just FYI cuz it's weird, yours is one of three comments from lemm.ee accounts that didn't reach me until today 1/1/24, six days after they'd been posted.