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Makes sense. When governments can opt out of enforcing law, as some are claiming and doing now, people who can, will attempt to provide for their own safety.
by dmitrygr 8mo ago
Makes sense. When governments can opt out of enforcing law, as some are claiming and doing now, people who can, will attempt to provide for their own safety.
- cyanydeez 8mo agoExcept, these are the people buying government reps.
- polski-g 8mo agoNo, it's not Mark Zuckerberg demanding San Fran to let 30-time criminals out of jail.
- autoexec 8mo agoWhich criminals were sentenced 30 times and let out of jail?
- cyanydeez 8mo agoSo, how many times do you think Facebook/Meta have committed wage theft? If we're going to try to redirect to criminality, shouldn't than encompass crimes not prosecuted because of $billionaire$ interests?
- thunderfork 8mo agoSpending money on (poorly-trained, case-bungling) cops instead of courts and judges and support services and (etc) has exactly this effect. Cases run too long and get dropped; cases have evidentiary issues and get dropped; etc.
- 9x39 8mo agoYou can see the same mechanisms - albeit with less available cash - in South African farms, such as general property defenses and safe rooms. Spending a little as a hedge against anarcho-tyranny and its collateral damage showing up in your (gated) neighborhood seems rational for those who can afford it.