Why do police have a monopoly on law enforcement?
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Because the state has a monopoly on violence.
The state has far too much free cash to spend on violence 🧐
Becuz law ssys so
I think every state has requirements/certification for what makes a peacekeeper, as well as private policing (like at universities and hospitals). In theory, neighborhoods could form/fund their own community police. They'd need only to make municipal police obsolete by not using it. Maybe decentralized constitutional community peacekeeping will be the next major project nostr inspires. 🤔
I would loooove to see such an initiative.
They have shiny badges 🤣
It's so legit too, because everyone's always asking to see them 😂
It really is amazing to me how brainwashed most ppl are.
"The authorities" are a fundamental part of reality these days. There's no concept of individual or localized authority.
I know. My mom use to tell me that I came out of the womb rebellious. 😂 So I have a hard time with ppl just doing what they're told. 🤷
Two incidents, years ago, before I had even bought my first Bitcoin.
I get pulled over by a roadside police setup for speeding in my own village (I was doing about 40 in a 30). A young spotty officer comes over and I give him hell for not doing something about all these people speeding through my village. He thanks me and I go on my way.
A couple of years later, a police van doesn’t see me and pulls out in front of me forcing me to slam on the brakes. I honk and flash him till he pulls over, get out my car and give him hell. He is very sorry and sheepishly drives away after I tell him not to do it again 😂
How the heck did you pull an uno reverse on the cop in that first situation?
He was young and nervous 😂
I like it! Put them on the defensive. Rarely works in US though.
Nope, not in the US of A.
My Dad got pulled over in the U.S. when I was a kid, I think it was in Florida.
From memory, the officer was very nice to us foreigners 😂
Never been stopped myself in the U.S. yet.
Depends on which state you're in . NH isn't too bad, but I still do not like them.
I’m planning a trip to the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods next year to visit the home of the gold standard.
I’ll drive carefully 😂
that might be a fun trip :)
Might?
Every trip with me is fun 😂
Mike, I'm heading to the bahamas on a cruise on a future date, you have any plans to get down there soon? If so let's talk out of band and maybe we can coordinate a dinner?
I have no plans, but if you DM me your dates, I could arrange a sneaky little vacation to come and say Hi, maybe grab lunch and a couple of beers 🍻
Conflation of "law and order" as one single unit instead of law as a means to achieve order
You might enjoy reading "the myth of the rule of law"
They can chug a whole bottle of Aunt Jemimas.
Get it meow?
Citizens have fairly broad arrest powers here in Alaska:
"AK Stat § 12.25.030
(a) A private person or a peace officer without a warrant may arrest a person
(1) for a crime committed or attempted in the presence of the person making the arrest;
(2) when the person has committed a felony, although not in the presence of the person making the arrest;
(3) when a felony has in fact been committed, and the person making the arrest has reasonable cause for believing the person to have committed it."
What are they like where you live?