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Law enforcement is ultimately a license to use violence. Having multiple coalitions or companies selling violence as a product seems like a recipe for a truly
by woodchuck64 13y ago
Law enforcement is ultimately a license to use violence. Having multiple coalitions or companies selling violence as a product seems like a recipe for a truly nightmarish society.
- daemin 13y agoIn that case it sounds like the cyberpunk future, where a corporations security force is really just an army in disguise.
- baddox 13y agoMultiple coalitions competing for customer dollars will lead to more economically efficient distribution of violence, just like if you replace "violence" with anything else like "bread" or "automobiles."
- mikeyouse 13y agoI think you're describing hit men.
- baddox 13y agoI'm not sure what your point is. It sounds like you're choosing to describe the system as "hit men" because "hit men" sounds scary and bad. But my point was that this system would produce better results.
- woodchuck64 13y agoA state without a monopoly on laws and law enforcement means there is no one to enforce contracts, prevent corporate monopolies, define conflict of interest, right the injustices of the poor, etc. That's basically anarchism which leads to feudalistic society with the wealthy at the top. Feudalism has been tried for centuries and it just doesn't work as well as a state with a monopoly on laws and law enforcement.