If it ever feels like most liberal activists, media hosts, and academics are living in their own universe, it’s probably because they are.
A poll released by the Survey Center on American Life last week confirms this. It found that only 37% of college-educated Democrats believe crime is a “very big” problem compared to two-thirds of Democrats without a college degree, two-thirds of Republicans without a college degree, and 55% of Republicans with a college degree. One-fifth of college-educated Democrats say crime is either a “small” problem or no problem at all — the highest proportion among any group.
On a deeper level, though, social commentator Rob Henderson has coined the phrase “luxury beliefs” to describe these attitudes. He defines them as"ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class while inflicting costs on the lower classes." Policing is likely the best example. Ninety-four percent of Americans living in “fragile” communities say they want the police presence in their neighborhood to remain the same or increase. At the same time, college-educated white progressives have been campaigning for years now to defund the police, supposedly to protect those people. But data, and common sense, tell us it would actually be disastrous for those living in “fragile” communities if there were fewer police on the street.
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