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So you have no response to the point that (ridiculously) high US incarceration rates have not led to low levels of crime? Figures.


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Figure this...

The US has "ridiculously high incarceration rates" because we have a ridiculously high number of criminals.

We have a ridiculously high number of criminals because we have a ridiculously high number of idiots who think they're not going to get caught.

We have a ridiculously high number of kids going through our public schools and not bothering to get an education.

We have a ridiculously high number of uneducated people of all ages wondering why they are not able to find anything other than dead-end, low-paying jobs.

We have a ridiculously high number of uneducated, unemployed people who want "stuff" and don't give a rat's ass about laws or other people.

We have a ridiculously high number people willing to do whatever they want, to get whatever they want, to whoever they want.

Still with me? Have I 'essplained it enough for you?

BTW, OP, I apologize for the highjacking.