[armitron]

Is Switzerland riddled with violent gangs? Is it bordered by failed narco-controlled states that continuously smuggle people and drugs into the country? Does it have big chunks of the population living in inner city crime-infested ghettos?

These are hard problems and can't be imagined away with "The US would definitely have enough money to turn deprived neighbourhoods into less deprived communities, which means less violence".

We saw what well-meaning but supremely naive ideologically-driven policies lead to, in SF and Chicago and Seattle and LA. If that's the world you want to live in, all the best (but it won't be long before you start running for the exit).

[ch_sm]

It’s interesting that you bring up theses specific questions. Ask yourself: why is the U.S. riddled with violent gangs? Why is it bordered by failed narco-controlled states? Why do large chunks live in inner city crime-infested ghettos (and why are there ghettos in the inner cities in the first place)? Many would argue that all these are home-made problems. Imprisoning the victims of this system can’t conceivably be the solution, and might in fact only make it worse (mass imprisonment has many bad societal effects).

[ClumsyPilot]

Your government policy has turned your cities into crime infested ghettos. Even diverse and poor countries like India are managing to avoid this problem.

US doesn't have some magical and unique set of challenges, apart from political disfunction, that can't be found anywhere else in the world.

> We saw what well-meaning but supremely naive ideologically-driven policies lead to, in SF

I must have missed something - SF solved the housing crisis, everyone could get a an education and a decent job but crime remained?

[qlm]

> Is Switzerland riddled with violent gangs? Is it bordered by failed narco-controlled states that continuously smuggle people and drugs into the country? Does it have big chunks of the population living in inner city crime-infested ghettos?

Why does the US have these problems? They didn't come from nowhere.

> We saw what well-meaning but supremely naive ideologically-driven policies lead to, in SF and Chicago and Seattle and LA.

Can you expand on this?

[meigwilym]

Would you mind sharing sources on what was done and what the (un?)intended consequences were in SF, Chicago, Seattle and LA?

[cestith]

Chicago, San Francisco, and LA are far from the most dangerous cities in the United States. Why are they your talking points?