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I'd be curious for a deep dive on why violent crime is so rare in East Asian cultures.

I assume you aren't including war...

Honor based culture has to be a factor.

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Yeah, basically just individual level assaults and murders are extremely rare.

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I think it would easier to make a case for the culture vs genetics. I will put it this was. Where I live gangs with tons of violence are very common with descendants of these nations. Just a couple generations removed from their home cultures. I'd need to see some pretty hard evidence

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on the other hand gangs are common in honor cultures.

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One of my Chinese friends thinks East Asians just more naturally comply with authorities.

In a gang context, the gang becomes the authority over the "official" government.

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And governments are just gangs that have been accepted by a critical mass as official.

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Right. His thought was that East Asians aren't inclined to independently commit violent crimes, but they'll do it when instructed to.

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That's interesting. I'm skeptical

Is genetic predisposition an allowable explanation?

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I'll allow it, if you think it's supportable. Please elaborate.

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I don't have any evidence, I just wanted to know if that's an allowable conclusion, should the evidence lead there.

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It's a fairly obvious hypothesis to entertain.

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