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Re:Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate by p-e-w on Monday October 23, 2023 @12:11AM (#37981535)
> The centrepiece of this article is basically "people's feelings are wrong, the government's numbers are right".

True, but such patronizing statements are pretty much what mainstream media has consisted of since at least 2016. There is a vast movement across most media outlets to push the narrative that 'the people' cannot be trusted and need oversight and control. It's probably the most significant anti-democratic wave in several generations, and ironically the perpetrators are mostly those who constantly accuse others of anti-democratic tendencies.

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Re:Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate by _3u10 on Monday October 23, 2023 @12:22AM (#37981597)
The crap north americans put up with is amazing. In all of Central / South America the only country comes close to the level of day to day restrictions is Nicaragua.

Not even El Salvador which is apparently a right-wing dictatorship where no one has rights has anything close to resembling North American rules.

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