The best theory I've seen of problems with policing is the overuse of policing as a governance mechanism: "don't solve problems until they become bad enough to be policing problems"
-
-
(which was a genuine learning for me btw... based on tv/movies my previous mental model was: "the poor in the US have water, toilets, cars and TVs, why are they acting like they are worse off than people with nothing in Dharavi...)
Show this thread -
I rarely talk about comparisons to India because native-born Americans are absolutely convinced they have absolutely exceptional versions of every problem that require exceptional solutions. Leads to interesting reactions when I *do* make such comparisons.
Show this thread -
US Conservative: "people in developing world are actually poor and at least work hard... our poor are lazy, undeserving types who could have what we have if they were only willing to work harder" US Liberals: "everyone can have a mansion if we taxed 1%ers right"
Show this thread -
For those who don't get how the US poor can be worse of than Indian poor despite being materially better off, here is a post I wrote about that a while back, positing a "4th world condition"https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2019/04/08/weirding-diary-7/ …
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.