• richardisaguy@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I don’t think i get why people hate cops. I live in a country with a great deal of police violence that is not the united states.

    We won’t be better without the police, not having police won’t solve our violence or our crime rate. Having better social programs, and better investment in education will.

    • greedytacothief@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      I’ve heard it called a luxury issue by some. As in an issue that privileged people take up because they already have the privilege of safety and order.

      I mean yeah cops disproportionately target certain groups of people. Their training sucks and has the added bonus of making them trigger happy schizos who see crime and offence where it doesn’t exist. But also I think it’s pretty obvious that there needs to be some sort of law enforcement/peace keeping group.

      Police reform? I can get behind that. Abolishing police? Sounds kinda dumb.

    • Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 hours ago

      Police exist to perpetuate the power of those at the top and to repress the people. It is a lie that they exist to defend civilians. They are a means of taking power away from civilians and making us dependent on the state.

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        What happens then when something bad happens ? I mean, imagine I get stolen from, beaten, humiliated, etc. I will still need to see someone with some kind of power to do something to make myself whole and hopefully avoid it being repeated on someone else. How do we deal with that without any kind of police ?

  • Zwiebel
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    4 hours ago

    If you’re looking for an apartment try searching for housing co-ops.

    They operate as non-profit so the rent is lower, and if you have problems they tend to be easier to work with as well