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Private security. Everyone gets a private security contract with ex-cops, with an emergency number to call. The rich will be well-protected, the poor mostly lef
by Joeri 6y ago
Private security. Everyone gets a private security contract with ex-cops, with an emergency number to call. The rich will be well-protected, the poor mostly left to fend for themselves.
That won’t be better, it will be far worse, but it’s a thing people can do, so in the absence of other things to do, it may end up as the thing that is done. Desperate people do foolish things if they see no alternative.
- throwaway894345 6y agoImagine this on any significant scale. The richest become a law unto themselves. They become the de facto government by virtue of control over the largest armies. If you didn’t like the 1% before, why would you give them absolute power and the monopoly on violence?
- disposekinetics 6y agoI don't want a world where I get police service as part of amazon prime, but it would still be better than a lawless world.