| What do you do with all of the people, and the entire system, that's been built and trained for a century to not do that? I doubt many people are against the idea of a specialized government role that provides protection services. What they are against is: * Thinking we can get that role by reforming existing police systems, given how opposed police systems are to such reform * That these systems need the absurd budgets of police departments * That the role requires absurd levels of protection for violent actions * That the role requires armaments in the majority of cases Going form police to a role that fits those criteria is going to start with not having police. |