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"but if we don't have police how will we stay safe" the same way you do now, cos you are kept safe by the social contract of human community.
cops don't and have never protected you from people who break that. its not their job.
cops don't and have never protected you from people who break that. its not their job.
i don't come kick down the door of your Strathroy-Caradoc home built on my great-grandfather's land and reclaim it even though it would be perfectly JUSTIFIED for me to do that, cos that would upset you and we can work something out a lot less shitty for everyone.
meanwhile, your police can, will, and DO come kick our doors down after being called on by you for what you feel are violations of your right to exclusively hold that land.
folks aren't safe from my temper cos police exist, you are safe from my temper cos i choose to control it, and taking it out on you would be antithetical to everything i value in myself as a person.
this is true of the majority of people you annoy or cut off in traffic daily.
this is true of the majority of people you annoy or cut off in traffic daily.
humans are inherently good and cooperative. cooperative effort is the fulcrum that permitted our evolution into an upright stance, with its narrowed pelvis, and an increasingly large brain, necessitating premature birth.
cooperation is our nature. selfishness is NURTURED.
cooperation is our nature. selfishness is NURTURED.
keeping millions of people in poverty is violent. poverty shortens lives, blights futures, and keeps people vulnerable to exploitation.
it is a violation of the social contract of cooperation, and it requires armed police to keep your hands clean and poor people out of sight.
it is a violation of the social contract of cooperation, and it requires armed police to keep your hands clean and poor people out of sight.
police don't protect anyone from crime, they protect wealthy people from the consequences of exploiting poor people.
if you want to see an end to petty crime, stop exploiting poor people. fund housing and education. fund culture and languages. end means testing. defund police.
if you want to see an end to petty crime, stop exploiting poor people. fund housing and education. fund culture and languages. end means testing. defund police.
if you want actual peace and zero crime, and you're not just chasing the voyeuristic thrill of watching armed men really give it to some poor bastard you can congratulate yourself for not being, defund police and fund daycare and secular after school programs.
every dollar you give to police and prisons is stolen directly from the wellness of kids in poverty, and their chances of growing up into healthy adults.
every gun you buy for the cops is a disabled person who has to steal the necessities they can't afford.
you CREATE CRIME.
every gun you buy for the cops is a disabled person who has to steal the necessities they can't afford.
you CREATE CRIME.
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