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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 26-Nov-2018 10:49:28 EST Strypey

   @LWFlouisa I had some fascinating discussions with a friend back in NZ about the role of the state in protecting minorities from conservative majorities. We were both coming from a broadly left-libertarian perspective, but I found it fascinating that she was coming from a more #AnCap starting point and tacking towards a Clintonite liberal position, while I was tacking in almost exactly the opposite direction, due to some bad experiences with what I call "Safer Spaces Policing".

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 26-Nov-2018 10:54:15 EST Strypey

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      @LWFlouisa anyway, it's become clear to me that aside from their function as defenders of property privileges (or "rights" according to some), the cops also carry out a number of essential social functions. In a post-capitalist, stateless society, somebody would still have to attend road crashes, and if somebody was killed, tell their family before they saw it on the news. This is one example, but I could list many more.

      1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 26-Nov-2018 10:55:47 EST Strypey

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         @LWFlouisa so, how does a revolutionary change separate out these essential functions of the cops, courts etc, from their property defence functions? Similarly, how do we devolve power to the most local possible scale, without empowering lynch mobs and witch burnings?