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Originally Posted by VaporPunk
Sorry, but I couldn't let this go. Crime per capita in the US is amongst the highest in the world, especially violent crime. |
That measurement is only an indication that the U.S. is top of that list. But how many people in the U.S. experience crime or violent crime, against how many people do not? That proportion is smaller than you think, and only seems big thanks to media coverage of the bad things, not the good. The crime per capita measurement is a perfect example of using statistics to say what you want to say (the U.S. is bad), or... being pessimistic.
(So, it's not really off-topic at all.)