People choose to vote politicians who enact and uphold this legislation. If your path to a better world relies on every single person just magically choosing what’s best for society, you’ll be waiting for a while.
Besides, there are countries that aren’t failed states like the US is, and those countries still have police and by and large the existence of police is a net benefit to them. As long as there is crime and antisocial behaviour, the social contract needs an enforcement arm of some form.
When there’s a murder or a rape or a burglary, someone has to collect the reports and perform the investigation. Someone has to enforce the rules of the road and screen for drunk drivers and document traffic accidents. Someone has to show up to stop crimes in progress when they happen. Whatever public official does this job is functionally police. Calling them militsiya instead of police doesn’t actually change their job description.
A society where none of these things happen is not something humanity is currently capable of creating. It will require a lot of social, cultural and possibly genetic evolution to manifest.
Yeah I mean cops enforce the law. What this meme is criticizing has almost nothing to do with the police and instead is a problem with law and policy.
Right, and cops choose to be cops. They are, in fact, part of the problem. They should not be cops.
People choose to vote politicians who enact and uphold this legislation. If your path to a better world relies on every single person just magically choosing what’s best for society, you’ll be waiting for a while.
Besides, there are countries that aren’t failed states like the US is, and those countries still have police and by and large the existence of police is a net benefit to them. As long as there is crime and antisocial behaviour, the social contract needs an enforcement arm of some form.
Cops do not actually help with this. There are much better and actually effective ways of resolving this.
They do in most countries.
When there’s a murder or a rape or a burglary, someone has to collect the reports and perform the investigation. Someone has to enforce the rules of the road and screen for drunk drivers and document traffic accidents. Someone has to show up to stop crimes in progress when they happen. Whatever public official does this job is functionally police. Calling them militsiya instead of police doesn’t actually change their job description.
A society where none of these things happen is not something humanity is currently capable of creating. It will require a lot of social, cultural and possibly genetic evolution to manifest.