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It will get even bigger. "Defund the police" will turn police into for-profit self-funded organization :-)

• justinzollars 6y ago
  That might not be a bad thing. The police would be responsible for their actions, rather than shielded by law.
  • quadrangle 6y ago
    Huh? Defunding the police doesn't change whether they are shielded by laws. Did you imagine the parent comment was describing "defund the police" meaning no more police and only having private security companies? That's not how I read it.
    • justinzollars 6y ago
      Huh? Read the comment above. This is in response.
      • quadrangle 6y ago
        > It will get even bigger. "Defund the police" will turn police into for-profit self-funded organization I don't read that to mean that there will be no police and just private security companies. I read it to suggest there will still be police, protected by the same laws, able to abuse things in the same way, except they will rely entirely on their own funding via shit like Civil Asset Forfeiture
  • bigbubba 6y ago
    I used to wonder how cyberpunk scenarios of for profit police who would only investigate crimes if the victim paid them could ever come about. Thanks for clearing up this confusion, I never would have guessed that it would be motivated by warped social justice, not end-game libertarianism.