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		JonoBB on March 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more... 25% of the world's prison population is in the US. For a country that has around 5% of the world's population, that is a staggering amount

vpmpaul on March 21, 2018 [–]

Perhaps it has something to do with the individualistic culture that that exists in the US leads to people making risky decisions for personal benefit?

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