Even in societies that have undergone fundamental political changes in the last 100 years - Cuba, Russia, China, Venezuela, etc., — police and security forces still exist, and always have. Again, if a society or country or region currently existed where there were no police forces, or a drastically different kind than the sort we see throughout the world, maybe it would be easier for people to imagine what a society without police would potentially look like.
Since such a society doesn 't currently exist, maybe we should ask what the primary drivers of violence are in modern society?
Undoubtedly, poverty comes to mind. Hence, we should aim to build an equitable society. For most activists, that goes without saying. In the U.S., Bernie Sanders …show more content…
Non-state actors such as the KKK and various other white militias, absolutely terrorized black communities for centuries. Today, in some communities, the same is true. In the U.S., any society without police will also have to be a society without rampant racism - both systemic and individual.
Moving along, surely patriarchy will have to be dismantled if we want to live in a society without police. After all, activists aren 't prepared to respond to the millions and millions of domestic disturbance calls the police encounter every year in the U.S. Without question, activist groups don 't have the capacity to arrest, detain, supervise, rehabilitate and/or jail male abusers.
Remember, as Melissa Jeltson and Alissa Sheller point out in the Huffington Post, "At least one third of all female homicide victims in the U.S. are killed by male intimate partners -- husbands and ex-husbands, boyfriends and estranged lovers." Quite obviously, any society without police and security forces will also have to be society without rampant patriarchy and male …show more content…
Any ideology that tells one set of people that they are more special or have a better understanding of life, death and the universe than another set of people, is something to discard and shun. I find it hard to believe that humanity will be able to live in a just and peaceful world if fundamentalist religious ideologies remain a dominant component of our social and political
Since such a society doesn 't currently exist, maybe we should ask what the primary drivers of violence are in modern society?
Undoubtedly, poverty comes to mind. Hence, we should aim to build an equitable society. For most activists, that goes without saying. In the U.S., Bernie Sanders …show more content…
Non-state actors such as the KKK and various other white militias, absolutely terrorized black communities for centuries. Today, in some communities, the same is true. In the U.S., any society without police will also have to be a society without rampant racism - both systemic and individual.
Moving along, surely patriarchy will have to be dismantled if we want to live in a society without police. After all, activists aren 't prepared to respond to the millions and millions of domestic disturbance calls the police encounter every year in the U.S. Without question, activist groups don 't have the capacity to arrest, detain, supervise, rehabilitate and/or jail male abusers.
Remember, as Melissa Jeltson and Alissa Sheller point out in the Huffington Post, "At least one third of all female homicide victims in the U.S. are killed by male intimate partners -- husbands and ex-husbands, boyfriends and estranged lovers." Quite obviously, any society without police and security forces will also have to be society without rampant patriarchy and male …show more content…
Any ideology that tells one set of people that they are more special or have a better understanding of life, death and the universe than another set of people, is something to discard and shun. I find it hard to believe that humanity will be able to live in a just and peaceful world if fundamentalist religious ideologies remain a dominant component of our social and political