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This assumes that law enforcement is both effective and fair. It is neither. "Police exist, therefore nobody except the police is allowed to do anything about
by banannaise 4y ago
This assumes that law enforcement is both effective and fair. It is neither.
"Police exist, therefore nobody except the police is allowed to do anything about anyone's bad behavior" is a terrible argument.
- paganel 4y agoIt is the best argument we can have in a liberal regime. Anything else would lead us directly to tyranny, and not the metaphorical one.
- amrocha 4y agoSpoken like someone who has never had to distrust police in their life
- autoexec 4y agoOur justice system is far from perfect, but it's better to have due process and transparency than to have corporations or mobs selectively enforcing "the law" however and whenever they see fit. There's no reason to think that just because police exist people can't do anything about other people's bad behavior though. For example, when someone says something you don't like you aren't allowed to silence them because that violates their rights, but you are allowed to use your own rights to speak out against them and what they've been saying. Crimes should be dealt with by our legal systems, but there are plenty of other ways to deal with things that simply offend us.