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abolish the police (quokk.au)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/peoplemastodon@quokk.au

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[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok so get rid of qualified immunity, that's an actual tangible change that could be made. Changing the oppressors from one group to the other doesn't sound like a solution to me. We need a strong rule of law that places limits on the power of whomever is doing the policing.

[–] o1011o@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Who enforces the 'strong rule of law'? There's no way we can have some perfect incorruptible authority on which to depend and that's why organizations that are more horizontal than vertical are better for us. A citizen militia is organized enough to get shit done and leaderless enough to be resistant to centralized corruption. The model is not without its flaws but we mustn't pretend that the coercive vertical hierarchy of our current system is better.

The limits on power you desire can only be enforced with power and it's best if the power doing that work is decentralized.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, so police reform. Sounds like a good idea.