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> Huh? Are you implying that simply existing in the “New World” would cause the baseline expected murder rate to be higher for some reason?

That’s the pattern we empirically see with most New World countries, and if you consider the question with an open mind for a few minutes while considering the history of Western settlement of the Americas you can come up with a few decent hypotheses as far as what the reasons might be.



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