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It makes sense that the general crime rate would be much lower, but people planning terrorism aren't trying to get away with it; this reduces the government's capacity to control them relative to people violating other laws.

But it's much harder to find weapons, travel around the country, find a place to live, etc.

I would say that crime is reported very low, as a lot of trouble makers usually "disappear".

What about crime by totalitarian regimes?

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Everything I read about the soviet union. It's a system where everyone is watching each other, where kids are brain washed and pushed to denounce their parents, etc.

Which is also why the western intelligence agencies were struggling to infiltrate the soviet union.

I am talking about totalitarian regimes (Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, North Korea, Maoist China, etc). Simple dictatorships are different. They exert less control over their population.