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With all the bad stuff happening in the world like politics war racism homophobia etc. What is some good news that isI happening that we don't read or see about? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

that sure doesn't look like it's been going down for centuries. What about per capita?

[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Here’s homicides per capita in Western Europe. I highly recommend reading The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker. It goes into this in depth.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

Per capita, IIRC it peaks in the 70's. I've heard it proposed that it was down to leaded gasoline causing brain damage, and it's such a weird blip I have to consider that. Obviously, from WWII backwards through depression and prohibition it was plenty nasty.