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Law enforcement started out privatized, and has basically always existed mainly for the benefit of the privileged private class.
by 93po 4y ago
Law enforcement started out privatized, and has basically always existed mainly for the benefit of the privileged private class.
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- contingencies 4y ago+1 insightful. Also, Ancient Egyptian Police Had Trained Monkeys https://www.ranker.com/list/police-in-ancient-societies/mike-rothschild https://www.ranker.com/list/police-in-ancient-societies/mike...
- 93po 4y agoHaving a trained monkey try to chase you down (presumably with a weapon) sounds terrifying, yet somehow I'm not convinced it would be all together worse than what we have now
- m-p-3 4y agoLaw and order: Laws are made and signed by the ruling class (not saying all laws are bad, we need them), and they (hopefully) reflect which values the people wants their justice system to protect. Order can be interpreted in two ways; keeping society stable, but also keeping the order (the status quo) of the social classes as they are.
- jjoonathan 4y ago"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal loaves of bread" -Anatole France
- netsharc 4y agoThere's some nice beach city where people are not allowed to have a nice walk on the beach at night because they made some law to prevent homeless people sleeping there... if only Google was still a proper search engine I could post the link..