Originally Posted by
Lady's Human
The crime rates aren't actually worse, CNN et al just need the constant headlines to feed the 24 hours news beast.
Amen! I've had this discussion with my parents before. They talk about something they saw on the news, and lament the "good old days" when there wasn't so much crime and violence. I mention to them that without television, radio, the internet, etc. they just wouldn't have known about a murder that happened two hours ago, two thousand miles away. Then they start talking about the murders, suicides, rapes, molestations, etc. that happened in their small town ... but that only a very few people knew about.
I propose that the per capita crime rate hasn't changed all that much over time ... the information age just allows us to hear about it all now.
My parents also start out talking about the "good old days", and end up talking about how it's much nicer now to have reliable vehicles, heat, electricity, medical care, appliances, shopping, etc.
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