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The paradox cuts both ways—liberals and leftists purport to want more regulation and bigger government, so presumably we should want more police. Of course, issues are decoupled so a leftist can want more regulation of businesses and less policing and a libertarian can prefer more moderate police reforms while wishing the government were less involved in business and social affairs (I’m a liberal, so I disagree with libertarians, but their ideology is at least as consistent as mine).