Comments on: Decivilization in the 1960s https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/decivilization-in-the-1960s/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Lu An Li https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/decivilization-in-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-2551413 Lu An Li Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:00:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41754#comment-2551413 A certain demographic (or perhaps two demographics) alone responsible for the violence in American society. Nothing further to add.

]]> By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/decivilization-in-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-2550921 Lucklucky Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:06:22 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41754#comment-2550921 Well that makes the uptick worse.

I think that Marxism was certainly a big factor.

Journalists are the priests of modern world. Since they build the morals — the Overton Window — they say what is acceptable and what is not. And they are Marxists most of them.

]]> By: Jehu https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/decivilization-in-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-2550918 Jehu Fri, 14 Apr 2017 17:07:18 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41754#comment-2550918 One has to consider also the medical technology of the era. The conversion of aggravated assaults to murders has fallen substantially over the years (although it seems to have largely stopped falling in recent years, I suspect gaming of recording has increased). That 4.0 back in the 50s was 4.0 when a lot of aggravated assaults that wouldn’t become murders (because the victim wouldn’t die) now became homicides.

]]> By: Crosbie https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/decivilization-in-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-2550916 Crosbie Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:40:28 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41754#comment-2550916 The notions of ‘informalizing’ and ‘webs of dependency’ make sense. I guess urbanization is an additional factor promoting the former, and, at least initially, damaging the latter.

]]> By: Crosbie https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/decivilization-in-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-2550915 Crosbie Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:32:24 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41754#comment-2550915 Another stat I’d like to see is the rural / urban crime rate. My assumption is that rural reported crime is lower, and so urbanization would push up the crime rate, perhaps with a generational lag.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/decivilization-in-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-2550879 Isegoria Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:03:50 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41754#comment-2550879 He addresses demographics in the original piece. It explains some, but nowhere near all, of the spike in crime.

]]> By: Andreas https://www.isegoria.net/2017/04/decivilization-in-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-2550877 Andreas Fri, 14 Apr 2017 12:58:11 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41754#comment-2550877 Occam’s Razor suggests a far simpler explanation: testosterone. That period gave us a far larger population of young men. In NY, for all the publicity that initiatives like police commissioner Bratton instituted to address crime (which I consider honest attempts to address the problem), I believe one will find that the demographics of the decline in the population of young men supply most trackable explanation.

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