The Safety-Fear Paradox: Crime Halved, Terror Tripled

This graph reveals mass delusion: as violent crime plummeted from 290 to 380 per 100,000 (shown as 29 to 38 divided by 10), the percentage believing crime is rising exploded from 30% to 87%. We live in the safest era in recorded history yet are more terrified than when crime was double today's rate. Reality and perception have completely inverted.

The safer we became, the more profitable fear became. Media discovered that balanced reporting doesn't retain viewers – terror does. Every crime anywhere feels like it's happening next door. We've created elaborate security theater that reminds us we're supposedly in danger when we're statistically safer than ever. The consciousness of danger has replaced actual danger, and an entire economy depends on maintaining this delusion.