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>At least 40,990 [2] innocent people died in the US in 2023, without significant outcry - that is, on the road, in car accidents.

in 2025 in NYC 235 people died in auto accidents. in 1900 in NYC, 200 people died in horse related accidents. As the population has quadrupled in that time, the death rate has dropped substantially. Automobiles claim all those saved lives, "innocent" & criminal alike.



Medical advances have a lot to do with saving those lives. Many injuries that would have been fatal in 1900 are survivable now.


this is ice cream = shark bites levels of critical thinking




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