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Those are the same things.
by konschubert 3y ago
Those are the same things.
- wahnfrieden 3y agoIf it were true, wage theft would be the priority over shoplifting as it’s by far the largest category of theft
- rocqua 3y agoPreventing crime and defending the authority of the state are quite different. Plenty of protests that challenge the authority of the state are completely legal. The state will not lose much authority if laws broken behind the front door of a family go unpunished. Most of us here are lucky enough to live in a country where the laws were written for more than maintaining the authority of the state.
- Eisenstein 3y agoPolice act as the enforcement wing of the judicial system.
- nxx788 3y ago[dead]
- convolvatron 3y agoyou don't see a difference there 'I have this authority for the common good, and if I don't use it wisely I can undermine my very goals' vs 'I have this authority, to protect this authority, and if you act to call that into question I have no choice but to make you hurt badly' not really the same