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.

  • jas0n@lemmy.worldEnglish
    212·
    11 months ago

    … and every category of major crime except auto theft declined.

    Fucking tiktok…

    • rbesfeEnglish
      191·
      11 months ago

      TikTok certainly didn’t help, but those cars were basically designed to be stolen. No immobilizer, poorly designed key cylinder that pops out easily, and the tab in the ignition cylinder is perfectly shaped for a USB cable to slide over and turn it.

        • Vampiric_LumaEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          We got enough for a search, “tiktok car usb” will pull relevant news articles.