> Society starts failing when the answer to every problem is call mommy and daddy (the police) and stops enforcing basic societal norms by itself. I cannot emp

> Society starts failing when the answer to every problem is call mommy and daddy (the police) and stops enforcing basic societal norms by itself. I cannot emphasize this enough. There is no amount of police presence that will make society work if enough members choose to violate the law and each other, and that "enough" is a smaller percentage than most people think.