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01:49 No details on what that means. No details whatsoever.

That line jumps out at me. Within context:

01:17+ They're basically arguing that they're not going to defund the police, they're going to reform them. Every time I have this conversation, I'm like, "No, that's reform though. They're saying dismantle and defund." I have the the article here where it says Minneapolis City Council members intend to defund and dismantle the City Police Department. We committed to dismantling police as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuild with our community a new model of Public Safety that actually keeps our community safe. No details on what that means. No details whatsoever. They've been told to do this and they're like, "I don't know what the plan is. I just follow orders."

Why am I bothering to point this out?

I will point to this again and again and again, any time anyone complains about me drafting up too much "complex bureaucracy" as we're establishing new open systems of resistance, alternatives, and solutions.

And I'll remind them that: Freedom means living together with people under rules that you and they choose together. Freedom is secondary to choosing the rules that you can get other people to agree to.

If we can't do this fairly, openly, transparently, consistently, and honestly then we have tyranny, online or offline.