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You really think lack of money for hiring thugs with guns to shoot helpless citizens is the limiting factor for any ill-willed nation-state? Even the most insi
by _bxg1 6y ago
You really think lack of money for hiring thugs with guns to shoot helpless citizens is the limiting factor for any ill-willed nation-state?
Even the most insidious state relies on its citizenry to some extent. You're not ruling anything if your people are constantly in revolt, or if they're all dead.
- searchableguy 6y ago> You really think lack of money for hiring thugs with guns to shoot helpless citizens is the limiting factor for insidious nation-state? Yes, there is a money problem for employing enough cops. Reference - India. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_number_of_police_officers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_depend...
- _bxg1 6y agoAnd you really don't think those inhabitants would riot and swiftly overwhelm whatever enforcement existed if their friends and neighbors started getting picked off by assassination drones? If anything it sounds like India's enforcement should be more scared of the populace than they are in the U.S. because of how outnumbered they are.
- searchableguy 6y agoPlaying the devil's advocate since you think cops are thugs with guns who can't work without making a mess, why don't you believe in replacing them with autonomous drones? In an ideal future, autonomous drones would make less mistakes since they don't feel threatened or care about dying. They won't kill someone just because it looked threatening. They won't turn off the body cam because of reasons. They will have a more accurate aim and will be more trained since training doesn't cost anything for them. You can invest the other funds in improving rehabilitation or de-escalation services.