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[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

" History shows it’s a terrible idea "

Does it really?

ALL of history before the 1800s had no police. People were self reliant and responsible for their own actions and self defense.

I'd argue that with authentic open democracy and fairness a self-regulated self-responsible community could police itself. The police are a symptom of the problems, NOT the ONLY problem.

Burning Man has Rangers that are there to help people and de-escalate things before the police are called in. There were more Rangers helping people than police, though I'm not sure anymore as it's been a dozen years since I've been, and the police presence was growing as they kept adding taxes and ways to scam the event.