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>What is stopping this lowlife Same as with all other crime, we hope it's the law that stops him. We hope that more policemen want to be good men than bad. Th
by trimethylpurine 9mo ago
>What is stopping this lowlife
Same as with all other crime, we hope it's the law that stops him. We hope that more policemen want to be good men than bad.
The illusion of safety is based on the honor system. Society doesn't work without that.
- direwolf20 9mo agoDoes it actually work like we hope it does?
- AndrewKemendo 9mo agoNo and it never has It only works for people the state expects significant amounts of money from (taxes don’t count) Don’t expect a government to help you unless you’re one of its larger donors
- trimethylpurine 9mo agoDepends where, I think. Where your neighbors are mostly honorable, it mostly works. There are plenty of nice neighborhoods, and no shortage of bad ones either, sadly.
- mrmlz 9mo agoIt has worked great in Sweden until a decade or so ago! Depends on the population and general sense of community.
- llbbdd 9mo agoit does, yeah. people love to examine exceptions and determine that the system they appeared within should be dismantled, it's all over the place.
- gf000 9mo agoArguably, there are countries where it's pretty damn effective.
- brendoelfrendo 9mo agoThat assumes that the people who enforce the law want good people to be police officers, and that has never been the case. It is certainly not the case with our current ICE officers.
- trimethylpurine 9mo agoIt doesn't assume anything. It's literally what's happening right now. All of your neighbors don't want to steal all of your stuff. Think about the fact that this is only true in certain places, regardless of what laws exist. Laws have very little effect on criminal behavior. Your peers being cool people are all that really protects your safety and your property.
- SpaceNoodled 9mo agoSounds like the solution to crime is therefore to mitigate the factors that precipitate it. If people steal in order to meet their basic needs, then providing basic housing and medical care to all should see a reduction in crime.
- trimethylpurine 9mo agoI can agree. Now who will do the building and who will pay them to do it?
- titzer 9mo agoThe only thing that changes behavior is consequences.