Marxists argue that the economic system of capitalism itself causes crime. The whole system is based on the exploitation of the working class by the ruling class, leading to the ever-increasing wealth of one class and ever-increasing poverty of the other. source
The U.S. Supreme Court has also ruled that police have no specific obligation to protect. In its 1989 decision in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, the justices ruled that a social services department had no duty to protect a young boy from his abusive father. In 2005’sCastle Rock v. Gonzales*, *a woman sued the police for failing to protect her from her husband after he violated a restraining order and abducted and killed their three children. Justices said the police had no such duty.
You are right, both of those cases were directly related to crimes caused by capitalist societies. Police were never intended to protect you, only to enforce laws and arrest those who break those laws, they aren’t hired bodyguards or private investigators.
I mean, most individual crime comes from poor socioeconomic conditions. People don’t feel the need to steal shit, for instance, if they aren’t starving. Scarcity (be it real, physical scarcity of goods, or a perceived scarcity in, say, opportunity) creates motive for crime. Reduce scarcity, reduce crime.
Police are largely a gang of thugs, they serve Capital, not people.
Solving root causes makes police far less important.
So what do you propose for solving root causes and enforcing regulations? You have a Disney movie I could watch?
Expanding social programs and employing social workers instead of police for mental health crisis events.
Crime happens because of poverty and desparation for the most part, not because some people are born evil.
Socialism would eliminate the biggest sources of poverty.
What type crime are you talking about? Petty theft? 🤣 Social workers, projects and food stamps?? This movie sucks ass
Almost all crime. Do you have a point?
I think you’ve made mine. Thanks
More Zach Snyder;
Kewl article. So your fantasy societies have no crime therefore no need for police. I’ll make sure to bookmark that laterz
Unlike the fantasy we live in now, where the police are not obligated to protect you?
You are right, both of those cases were directly related to crimes caused by capitalist societies. Police were never intended to protect you, only to enforce laws and arrest those who break those laws, they aren’t hired bodyguards or private investigators.
I mean, most individual crime comes from poor socioeconomic conditions. People don’t feel the need to steal shit, for instance, if they aren’t starving. Scarcity (be it real, physical scarcity of goods, or a perceived scarcity in, say, opportunity) creates motive for crime. Reduce scarcity, reduce crime.