• maniclucky@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    How is a per-capita incarceration rate, with a reference to the superset included directly on the plot, misleading? Other than including more than El Salvador for the sake of external reference, which is almost certainly a size issue.

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      15 hours ago

      I thought the states were being compared to other countries. Didn’t look properly on the phone.

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        14 hours ago

        They are (which is the point) the countries are in orange USA (as an overall average) and el Salvador are the only countries that make it on to the list.

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          4 hours ago

          Well yes because the US as a whole has a high number. If you added cities they would have even more in the high numbers. What’s the point about that?