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Really? You think this is part of a careful long-term plan, motivated by a fundamental characteristic of municipal power structure? I would lean toward 'office
by nevinera 15y ago
Really? You think this is part of a careful long-term plan, motivated by a fundamental characteristic of municipal power structure?
I would lean toward 'officer applying vaguely worded rules to make the law behave as he feels it ought to', but yours is certainly easier to get behind. Fuck the man!
- nitrogen 15y agoIt doesn't have to be a careful long-term plan. I suspect a lot of "conspiracies" are actually emergent behavior in the system of laws and incentives.
- nevinera 15y agoI'm sure many of them are. But equally many are mere functions of human nature. The long-term impacts of individual actions on the power of the police-force as a whole are both non-obvious and very slow. In particular, I really doubt that the social pressure to empower the institution, transmitted down the chain of command, has more impact on police officers than the violence and abuse they witness first- or second-hand.
- CWuestefeld 15y agoI think this is an incredibly important point. It's perfectly possible for each actor in the system to behave in the way that he believes is right and proper, yet for the overall effect of the system to be evil. I'm sure that this is the explanation for much of the bad that we see, and as a result, those -- especially in politics -- who base their actions on demagoguery, attacking the individual parts of the system, are really doing nothing to help.