> There is a world of difference between poor enforcement and completely legalizing theft, which is what OP was advocating for.
I wasn't really weighing in on the OP, I was weighing in on the person I replied to:
> The entire point of living in a society is that the government maintains a monopoly on force, and therefore can provide security to it's people.
Which is not to say that that NEVER happens but it seems clear the monopoly on force is used as much if not moreso to maintain a status quo that benefits the power structure that wields it. "The sounds of children screaming have been removed" comes to mind, where police are in a place they are needed and resourced appropriately to respond and simply don't, because they don't have to. And the flip-side of that is, you have clear cut cases of people being harassed by cops because they're homeless, or outright killed by them for stealing food because they literally cannot pay for it.
There is absolutely a need in society for a police force, but our current one has demonstrated it's inability to meet that need over and over.
I wasn't really weighing in on the OP, I was weighing in on the person I replied to:
> The entire point of living in a society is that the government maintains a monopoly on force, and therefore can provide security to it's people.
Which is not to say that that NEVER happens but it seems clear the monopoly on force is used as much if not moreso to maintain a status quo that benefits the power structure that wields it. "The sounds of children screaming have been removed" comes to mind, where police are in a place they are needed and resourced appropriately to respond and simply don't, because they don't have to. And the flip-side of that is, you have clear cut cases of people being harassed by cops because they're homeless, or outright killed by them for stealing food because they literally cannot pay for it.
There is absolutely a need in society for a police force, but our current one has demonstrated it's inability to meet that need over and over.
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