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If there was a 1 in 10 chance that a police officer would beat me up when I encounter them, I'd avoid police like the plague. Even if it was a 1 in 100 chance.
by jfengel 2y ago
If there was a 1 in 10 chance that a police officer would beat me up when I encounter them, I'd avoid police like the plague.
Even if it was a 1 in 100 chance. Police are armed, and have an overwhelming legal upper hand. Police have a position of extreme trust and need to have a much lower percentage of "bad people" than any other group.
The other problem is that police have been credibly accused of tolerating the "few bad apples". If true, then I don't consider them "fine people".
- moomoo11 2y agoI mean the same could be said for tech. In startups most people are actually fine, but there are wolves as well. People who scam others, lie and steal, use people, etc. And there are VCs and various circles that protect them. Does that mean we just don't push forward? Your 1 in 100 or 1 in 1000 fits here as well. That's life. If you operate that way, good for you. But I operate in reality.
- jfengel 2y agoThere's a parallel, but the police can literally deprive you of life and liberty. And under "qualified immunity" they can often get away with it. The bar should be extremely high and I don't have faith that it is.