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For those of us living in the US there is a clear backslide in corruption, attempts at voter suppression and increased economic inequality compared to just a few years ago.

Expanding out to the entire world and choosing the arbitrary point of thirty years ago doesn’t change that fact.

[kanbankaren]

You drank the kool aid.

Even for USA,

1. The 90s were the most violent period in terms of crime.

2. Corruption has neither increased or decreased in the last decade.

3. Other than the 2020 election during the pandemic, the number of votes cast has increased in every election contrary to your claim.

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Good grief. Really?

> The 90s were the most violent period in terms of crime.

So any increase in violence from, say, five years ago to today doesn’t matter because it isn’t as bad as the 90s? ICE agents killing people and detaining others without recourse is just a big whatever?

> Corruption has neither increased or decreased in the last decade.

How did you arrive at that conclusion? Because the corruption of the current administration is widely known and goes beyond even the conspiracy theories of what the previous administration did.

> Other than the 2020 election during the pandemic, the number of votes cast has increased in every election contrary to your claim

Voter suppression does not mean “reduce the overall number of votes cast nationwide”. It is a deliberate attempt to prevent certain voters (i.e. the ones who are going to vote against you) from successfully casting a vote. And the simple act of trying to do that is notable even if it isn’t a success. If someone repeatedly tried and failed to break into your house you wouldn’t shrug your shoulders and ignore it.

If you’re ignorant of all of this then you’re proving yourself a great example of why paying attention to the news actually does matter.