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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by tonyedgecombe on Saturday June 12, 2021 @04:19AM (#27482675)
That and similar feelings explains the increase in massacres, hatred, ...

Violence has been falling substantially in the US:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about...

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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by xyzzyz on Saturday June 12, 2021 @05:35PM (#27487607)
The time series in your link end in 2019, when the trend of falling violence has ended. There has been a huge, unprecedented spike in violence in 2020, and this new normal has wiped decade or two of previous gains.
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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by tonyedgecombe on Sunday June 13, 2021 @01:46AM (#27490095)
Do you think that could be an outlier?
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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by xyzzyz on Sunday June 13, 2021 @01:12PM (#27494259)
No, because if you look at data, there has been clear inflection point around Memorial Day last year that shifted us to new regime of higher violence that seems to persist instead of subsiding.
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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by tonyedgecombe on Sunday June 13, 2021 @02:35PM (#27495050)
Right at the height of Covid. I'm willing to bet it will be back where it was when this is all over.
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