Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
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Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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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.

  • 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙@lemmy.worldEnglish
    254·
    6 months ago

    For republicans, ‘fear’ is their identity, and republicans love playing identity politics with it. They make up threats where there is none. My father for example doesn’t want lax immigration in case “someone comes over here with a bomb”. oh ok pops.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      I have a co-worker who doesn’t want immigrants because she thinks they’re all unvaccinated and thus spreaders of disease. She is also anti-vax.

      • 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        6 months ago

        Right? It’s been a slow process but he’s a smart guy and he’s starting to show signs of critical thought. He just seemed to lean in real hard on “well, these GOP folks do sound reasonable.” And he’s right, if you don’t really pay attention to the word and content (or just accept it, uncritically) but listen to the cadence and indignation, they do sound reasonable. By comparison, leftists sound angry and a smart-sounding republican talking down to an angry leftist sounds reasonable. And, after all, most of the news sounds like the republican.