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> I have to say this is one area that I actually support the defund the police narrative "Defund the Police" makes a lot of sense when one actually looks beyon
by myko 4y ago
> I have to say this is one area that I actually support the defund the police narrative
"Defund the Police" makes a lot of sense when one actually looks beyond the tagline. It means taking the money from the police state to empower other social services to do their jobs. This helps police, too–most officers are ill equipped to work with the mentally ill, and this sometimes leads to shootings that should've never happened. Nobody wants that.
- maerF0x0 4y agoIn a lot of the cases I think defund the police is only the right answer when treated as a zero sum scenario, and there may actually be a bunch of cases where it makes economic sense to do _both_ . (ie the outputs are of greater value than the inputs and progressively increase the pie over time) .
- spywaregorilla 4y agodefund the police typically just means reduce their funding. Not abolish it entirely.
- maerF0x0 4y agoYes, but what I'm pointing out is that with a fiat currency there is always the choice to fund *both* . I actually believe that in some places there will be a net benefit to funding both Social services and policing well because of the increase in asset prices (homes and businesses) . Cities should study this effect and consider increasing taxes to create a communal positive win:win:win (for city, residents, asset holders)
- spywaregorilla 4y agoFunding is not binary though. The police are still funded if you allocate some of their budget to something that is not the police. Most police budgets increase every year.