What Defund the Police really means: replacing social control with investment

jacksonsprat22 said:
Why did America swing so sharply backward toward social control?

Part of the answer has to do with widening inequality. As the middle class collapsed and the ranks of the poor grew, those in power viewed social controls as cheaper than social investment, which would require additional taxes and massive redistribution.

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...tment-donald-trump-protests-race-george-floyd
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Defund the police means that we are no longer going to be a society controlled by law, we are going to be controlled by the whims of the Mob.
 
Some societies center on social control, others on social investment.

Social-control societies put substantial resources into police, prisons, surveillance, immigration enforcement and the military. Their purpose is to utilize fear, punishment and violence, to maintain what they consider order.

Social-investment societies put more resources into healthcare, education, affordable housing, jobless benefits and children. Their purpose is to free people from the risks and anxieties of daily life and give everyone a fair shot at making it.

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...tment-donald-trump-protests-race-george-floyd
 
Well, it really is a shift in attitude.

It's one of those things where 1,000 years from now, I have little doubt that the emphasis will be more on investment in prevention.

But are we ready to make that move yet?
 
jacksonsprat22 said:
Some societies center on social control, others on social investment.

Social-control societies put substantial resources into police, prisons, surveillance, immigration enforcement and the military. Their purpose is to utilize fear, punishment and violence, to maintain what they consider order.

Social-investment societies put more resources into healthcare, education, affordable housing, jobless benefits and children. Their purpose is to free people from the risks and anxieties of daily life and give everyone a fair shot at making it.

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...tment-donald-trump-protests-race-george-floyd
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Everyone in this country already has that. Smart ones use it. Lazy fucks like yourself just want handouts.
 
BartenderElite said:
Well, it really is a shift in attitude.

It's one of those things where 1,000 years from now, I have little doubt that the emphasis will be more on investment in prevention.

But are we ready to make that move yet?
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Can a pandemic, economic depression, and race riots be a reason for change?
 
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