100 year old WW2 veteran: "the sacrifice wasn't worth the result of what it is now"

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Doctor_MG said:

sc94597 said:

I didn't say they were equal, certainly not for each individual instance. However, these other aspects are important when discussing the decrease of overall crime, which is what I was responding to. Particularly since some forms of crime that you are discussion (namely murder) have never been the largest source of crime. 

As for the homeless population, it's interesting the US Department of Housing is reporting 39 as the median age when sources I've seen quote 45 and above. I discussed average (i.e. mean). Regardless, people over the age of 50 are the fastest growing homeless population, and, as trends continue, will skew the average and median as time goes on. 

Edit: Also, the "increase of inequality" that you used as an explanation is precisely a reason why America isn't in a great place right now, which could very well be a reason why this WW2 veteran said what he said. 

I suppose strictly, yes, these other aspects are important if we were just looking at a total crime statistic and not also the breakdown by crime type. Crime is reduced because what we defined legally as a crime has reduced to match the moral views of the population. But also things that are unambiguously crimes have also actually reduced. And the most severe crimes have reduced the most drastically. There is a reason why the nativist population in the U.S are trying to paint a picture of undocumented immigrants as rapists and murders and not serial larcenist, drug addicts. 

I am not sure what inequality in America has to do with an assessment of the state of Britain. Although I guess inequality has also increased in Britain, so something might be there. 

Last edited by sc94597 - on 20 November 2025