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Why would the government bother prosecuting/seizing it if the money was going to the victims?
by mothballed 1y ago
Why would the government bother prosecuting/seizing it if the money was going to the victims?
- wkat4242 1y agoUm maybe because the government isn't supposed to work for profit but to enforce the law and do the right thing for victims and society? If they're going to be only prosecuting crimes where there's something in it for them it's going to be a very unsafe society.
- hshdhdhehd 1y agoWhat about good old asset forfeiture to buy more swat toys?
- dfedbeef 1y agoWelcome to the world
- wkat4242 1y agoWelcome to the US maybe. Here in Europe it's not like that, though there's certainly stuff going wrong. But not this, really.
- Waterluvian 1y agoThat’s how it’s supposed to work. But these days who knows.
- boc 1y ago“Home Depot™ Presents the Police!®" https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/l-p-d-libertarian-police-department https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/l-p-d-libertari...
- boredumb 1y agoThere is a small sense of irony reading the first 3 sentences before the paywall pops up and stops me from reading it entirely.
- mothballed 1y agoWe basically have that in the US except the government has a monopoly on the police force. The libertarian police corp would be infinitely better as at least there would be competition for police services.