1/ As 2019 is the 400th anniversary of the first importation of African slaves to the US, it's important to ponder the counterfactual of what would America be like today if we hadn't done so?
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2/ First, our population would be perhaps 10% smaller - around 300 million Americans instead of 330 million.
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3/ With 10% of our population (30 million African Americans) missing from our shores, our murder rate would be 50% lower. Instead of 160,000 people being murdered per year, it'd be closer to 80,000, catapulting us into the top ranks of safe societies.
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4/ Likewise, there would be 60,000 fewer violent rapes.
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5/ There'd be a 50% decline in aggravated assault, meaning 372,000 fewer people per year sent to hospitals after being attacked.
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6/ Even though the population would only be 10% smaller, the prison population would be 40% smaller, saving us $35 billion per year.
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7/ Aww, heck, I can't continue this thread. A calm recital of documented statistics just brings one too close to full on thought crime. Anyway, the NYT really
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8/ I have this recurring dream: I live in a small Italian villa, all limestone, marble, red clay roof, balustrades, and planters. ...except it's wrapped around the surface of a small (~1 acre surface area) asteroid with a small blackhole or something in the center to provide 1g.
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Replying to @MorlockP
Sounds like the kind of pad the Little Prince might have owned when he grew up.
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