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Ignore that crime dropped ~50% globally since the 1990s [1], then.

The real issue is that the Right campaigned mostly on security since the 1980s and successfully convinced everyone that hordes of migrant criminals are patrolling the streets to mug you, in spite of the data clearly showing that crime levels are at their lowest.

Ironically, Republicans are also the one wishing for a "high-trust society" while simultaneously acting paranoid against their neighbors.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_drop?wprov=sfla1