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Even if the larger idea of luxury beliefs is true, the choice of "defund the police" as one is really bizarre to me. No one benefits more from the existence of
by nisegami 4y ago
Even if the larger idea of luxury beliefs is true, the choice of "defund the police" as one is really bizarre to me. No one benefits more from the existence of the police than those who would harbor these luxury beliefs.
- MerelyMortal 4y agoI think it falls under the expression, "More money than sense."
- thot_experiment 4y agoDefund the Police actually means "reallocate much of the funding that goes into traditional police agencies into community services better suited/trained to diffuse/mitigate/prevent societal problems" It's just the absolute worst branding possible for the movement.
- nisegami 4y agoIn my corner of the world, "defund the police" actually means "abolish the police".