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> Wanting to defund the police is likely correlated with not needing the police -- but that's likely simple ignorance, not signaling. Or with police being a ne
by _cenw 3y ago
> Wanting to defund the police is likely correlated with not needing the police -- but that's likely simple ignorance, not signaling.
Or with police being a net-negative to your life. Like living in a disproportionately policed area.
Or having a disproportionately policed skin color.
The poll is pretty clear, defund the police doesn't mean anarchy, it means replacing it. The how's a bit up in the air, but it's more about how irredeemable the current system seems to someone.
- razakel 3y agoThe police are there for when limited violence needs to be meted out to prevent greater harm. They are not counsellors, social workers, or doctors. More funding needs to go to those professionals instead of giving the police military-grade weapons.