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Funding police is not having a police state. Having police abuse power over visible minorities is bad, but is not a police state. It is not a police state beca
by pierrebai 4y ago
Funding police is not having a police state. Having police abuse power over visible minorities is bad, but is not a police state.
It is not a police state because:
- You can learn about these issues.
- You can protest against these issues.
- Media reports about these issues.
- You can choose which media to listen to.
- All medias are not state-controlled.
- Media that complain about state abuse don't get shut down.
- You can publicly talk and write about what you want.
- You can get elected while protesting against these issues.
- The internet is not state-controlled.
- I could go on and on.
I'm tired of people equating China, Russia and western democracies. Imperfection is not tyranny.
- pessimizer 4y agoI'm tired in general of people arguing against strawmen by adding the word "perfect" to the argument they're against.
- rayiner 4y agoAlso as we just saw in NYC, those visible minorities are often the ones demanding more police: https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-adams-defund-the-police-young-white-affluent-people-2021-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-adams-defund-the-police... (Similar lessons in Atlanta and Baltimore, who have majority minority electorates and minority leadership and have increased police funding.) Democratic governments responding to rising crime with more police is totally different from non-democratic governments responding to political agitation with police.