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If this were an article about poor people in India hiring their own militia because they couldn’t get adequate protection from the local government-sponsored po
by sethg 16y ago
If this were an article about poor people in India hiring their own militia because they couldn’t get adequate protection from the local government-sponsored police force, would anyone be considering this a model for the US to emulate?
- hga 16y agoNo, because in the US the people are the militia, and outside of a few states and D.C. are allowed to provide their own protection. And of course in those nasty state the powerful hire their own militia (private security) anyway.
- Alex63 16y agoNot sure why people are down-voting this. This seems like a reasonable effort at argument by analogy. In point of fact, it is not uncommon in many parts of the world to pay for protection. Unfortunately, this creates an incentive for those providing the protection to also encourage the perception that protection is needed (possibly by committing crimes themselves). This is where the analogy seems to break down, as it is hard to see how private educators can foster the perception that public schools are failing (unless they are the people promoting standardized testing!).