MrPterodactyl t1_j2be7s5 wrote
Reply to comment by realNoahMC in ABC News: "Washington, DC, records back-to-back years with 200 murders for 1st time in nearly 20 years" by Swampoodle1984
Poverty plus density equals violence. I used to live in a rural area with plenty of heavily armed poor people and you didn't really have to worry about crime.
Usually it would go on in the trailer parks or in houses deep in the woods. Here it can go on one block away from your yuppie apartment.
Tahh t1_j2bnwoz wrote
You'd think Beijing or Bangladesh would be up to their ears in murders.
DfcukinLite t1_j2c08yu wrote
No you wouldn’t, because their society and culture is different then here.
realNoahMC t1_j2cap9d wrote
They don't have a gun culture over there I think but I am sure there are other violent crimes. Like China with their reeducation camps and I believe Bangladesh has a big rape problem from articles I read diring the pandemic because of poverty and lack of funds to get married/start a relationship.
MrPterodactyl t1_j2cfc9c wrote
That's a good point. The scots-irish honor culture which heavily influenced black culture is a big part of it too.
Police in Asian countries are also openly allowed to do things that would be considered brutality over here.
I read that in Singapore, police can beat you for littering.
realNoahMC t1_j2ca92h wrote
Good point but maybe it also has to do with the high cost of living in DC
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