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There is a world of difference between poor enforcement and completely legalizing theft, which is what OP was advocating for. Even if the police were perfectly

There is a world of difference between poor enforcement and completely legalizing theft, which is what OP was advocating for. Even if the police were perfectly moral and upstanding, relying on them to respond to an incident in real time is just a bad idea. But, if someone broke into my house and I got high res video of their face and license plate, that person would eventually be jailed and I would be able to collect damages from them. Maybe not in LA or NYC, but definitely where I live.

ToucanLoucan 3y ago
> There is a world of difference between poor enforcement and completely legalizing theft, which is what OP was advocating for. I wasn't really weighing in on the OP, I was weighing in on the person I replied to: > The entire point of living in a society is that the government maintains a monopoly on force, and therefore can provide security to it's people. Which is not to say that that NEVER happens but it seems clear the monopoly on force is used as much if not moreso to maintain a status quo that benefits the power structure that wields it. "The sounds of children screaming have been removed" comes to mind, where police are in a place they are needed and resourced appropriately to respond and simply don't, because they don't have to. And the flip-side of that is, you have clear cut cases of people being harassed by cops because they're homeless, or outright killed by them for stealing food because they literally cannot pay for it. There is absolutely a need in society for a police force, but our current one has demonstrated it's inability to meet that need over and over.