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"The accountability and shame factor is real* when the population density is low.*"

If that were true why is crime so low in Japan?

Making the issue about density is defeatist and makes it appear inevitable.

When the truth is much simpler: it's because these societies are armed and homogeneous and not black or latino.

[Some misconceptions](https://pic8.co/sh/aqRuuh.png) "The accountability and shame factor is real* when the population density is low.*" If that were true why is crime so low in Japan? Making the issue about density is defeatist and makes it appear inevitable. When the truth is much simpler: it's because these societies are armed and homogeneous and not black or latino.

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"I'm pretty sure the Japanese don't have much guns"

If that were the factor leading to low violence, then that would mean that societies that are european and lack guns would have a lower crime rate: except we see in places such as Poland, a 'shall issue' nation, (where only half a percentage point of the population own guns), crime rate is still very low.

The common factor is not lack of guns, it's lack or presence of particular minorities. In fact, the presence of weapons only acts as a multiplier of either existing peaceful conditions or prevailing violent conditions, depending on the attitudes of the dominant demographics.

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The common factor is not lack of guns, it's lack or presence of particular minorities.

I know. I said that. You made a point that low crime societies are well-armed and homogeneous. I was saying it comes down to the average personality of the Japanese and lack of the presence of Hispanics and blacks.