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I happen to think that immigration and customs enforcement is a net positive. You might want to take stock of recent news coverage of what the ICE has been up
by drugme 8y ago
I happen to think that immigration and customs enforcement is a net positive.
You might want to take stock of recent news coverage of what the ICE has been up to recently. And not just recently - over several decades actually.
It's really quite horrible in fact.
- 0x8BADF00D 8y agoAll law enforcement will eventually devolve into abuse. That is what the phrase “monopoly on violence” means.
- drugme 8y agoThat is what the phrase “monopoly on violence” means. Actually that's not what it means. And there's no evidence that decentralized agencies of force (where these can be stable for any length of time) are any likely to devolve into abuse.
- 0x8BADF00D 8y agoState coercion is an abuse on individual liberty, plain and simple. It’s just that the State has legitimacy and the monopoly on violence. So it will not be construed as abuse as such. We all collectively give up some rights for collective safety. The real check on the monopoly of violence is the 2nd amendment. That’s the only reason that LE is not totally out of control in the US.
- drugme 8y agoState coercion is an abuse on individual liberty, plain and simple. It's not, but if you prefer to believe that it is, hey, that's your right.
- drugme 8y agoEDIT: "are any less likely ..."