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Military is also supposed to protect a country from outside (military) attackers, police are supposed to protect from domestic (criminal) threats. When you make
by diogenescynic 15y ago
Military is also supposed to protect a country from outside (military) attackers, police are supposed to protect from domestic (criminal) threats. When you make the military the police you make citizens the enemy the state of their own country.
- Mz 15y agoThe military has more functions than that and is very effectively mobilized to assist in disasters, such as fires and floods. My ex participated in such things. Still, the point you make (about it making your own citizens "enemies of the state") is a chilling one and I can't really rebut it per se.
- diogenescynic 15y agoI agree with everything you're saying about helping out in disasters, but when you mix military and police, it's just unhealthy. They have different goals/functions and can't/shouldn't be used interchangeably. Military and criminal threats should not be responded to in the same way. Rioters are criminals, let the police handle it. And if the police incapable of doing so, that is a separate problem in and of itself.