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  • The issue, as I see it, is that police only need to exist if you believe force is an acceptable way to compel people’s behavior. From a nonviolent perspective, the argument can simply end there. People do not need to be policed because force itself should not be used to compel anyone against their will.

    And even if you accept the premise that force is sometimes justified, you still have to reckon with the fact that any organization sanctioned to use force will always carry the risk of being captured and repurposed for ends other than its original intent. In my view, that risk is unacceptable. So even on pragmatic grounds, it is better not to create institutions whose defining feature is the sanctioned use of force.













  • Rooskie91@discuss.onlinetoADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comGET AWAY FROM ME
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    2 months ago

    Depression nap = I work 12 to 16 hours a day.

    Anxiety = If I can’t make rent, there are no safety nets and I will end up on the streets.

    Unhealthy coping Mechanisms = Affordable coping mechanisms.

    Social isolation = what adult has time to make friends? Even if I did, there’s dodging the minefield of fascists in my country.

    My mental health is not the issue, and I’m tired of pretending it is.