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by trimethylpurine 145 days 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.
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direwolf20 145 days ago
Does it actually work like we hope it does?
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AndrewKemendo 145 days ago
No 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

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trimethylpurine 144 days ago
Depends 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.
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mrmlz 144 days ago
It has worked great in Sweden until a decade or so ago! Depends on the population and general sense of community.
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llbbdd 144 days ago
it does, yeah. people love to examine exceptions and determine that the system they appeared within should be dismantled, it's all over the place.
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gf000 144 days ago
Arguably, there are countries where it's pretty damn effective.
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brendoelfrendo 145 days ago
That 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.
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trimethylpurine 144 days ago
It 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.
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SpaceNoodled 142 days ago
Sounds 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.
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trimethylpurine 137 days ago
I can agree. Now who will do the building and who will pay them to do it?
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titzer 142 days ago
The only thing that changes behavior is consequences.
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