Comment by hshdhdhj4444
10 hours ago
> If we take Denmark as the benchmark for rule of law, civic institutions, and good governance, which place looks more like that: Minnesota, or New Jersey?
Violent crime rate in 2024 according to the FBI DB (incidents per 100k population)
New Jersey - 217.7 Minnesota - 256.6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...
So I guess you’re an open borders person?
Crime rates don’t measure the quality of democratic governance. You can have very low crime rates by having a top down authoritarian government like Singapore. They are also unreliable metrics across states because of differences in measures and reporting rates. Homicide is the most reliable metric. Homicide rates in Minnesota have been historically among the lowest in the country, almost at Canadian levels.