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abolish the police (quokk.au)
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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It’s supposed to be a system of feedback ♻️ where people decide on rules, the people in power make those rules law, and the law enforcement enforces it. When the laws are made without the people or ignored that’s when law enforcement is working against the people.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    But the people don't decide the rules, the people have very little say in the running of things.

    The solution is to remove the positions of power and re-distribute the decision making and enforcement back to the community level.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    In a functioning democratic society the people are in control because the representatives speak and make laws based on their constituents and any protest to that should sway them. Sounds like you are talking about an authoritarian government.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 9 months ago*

    Representative democracy and functional democracy are at odds with each other.

    No representative can ever fully represent the will of each voter, direct democracy is the only real form of democracy possible.

    Empowering the people instead of rulers is literally the antithesis of an authoritarian government.

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