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> They just want to voluntarily pay for private policing The idea of private policing being effective and reasonable is subject to the same ridiculous reasonin
by TulliusCicero 6y ago
> They just want to voluntarily pay for private policing
The idea of private policing being effective and reasonable is subject to the same ridiculous reasoning that anarchists use. At best you'd end up with some completely fucked up cyberpunk dystopian bullshit where corporations are governments in all but name.
- mhuffman 6y ago... or protection for the rich only. Which leaves the poor to have to come up with other ways to get protection, which opens the door for a local "strongman", which turns into a type of government, rinse, repeat.
- haroldp 6y agoPoor people pay for their policing today, but don't get much for their money.
- TulliusCicero 6y agoYes, but they'd likely get even less from private policing. That the current situation is bad isn't a good reason to go and make it even worse. I'd love to see how such a system works out in practice, but much like anarcho-communists, there's no real evidence, just theorycrafting.