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 @user-1074 
 
 that's kinda how police are supposed to operate, btw.
 
 put them in dangerous places, and if anyone starts getting angry or aggressive
 then draw your firearm before them and attempt to calm things down. If that
 doesn't work, start shooting and run, so you can tell others of what's going
 on. Oh also you should leave a trail of your actions so others can audit it
 and see exactly what you were doing at which time. But alas, cops are bogged
 down in paperwork, so much stuff that needs doing. If only we assigned them
 secretaries, and treated them like... managers, rather than individual
 contributors. Perhaps then they, being the collective applicator of the
 commonly considered ethical good, (laws), then perhaps they might be able to
 direct other people (who do the paperwork) to handle certain aspects of an
 investigation, and in doing so better reveal the truth.
 
 because the rich and powerful LOVE to hide things behind impossible amounts of
 proof.

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 dear cops
 
 can we just like, opt out of your protection?
 
 like, we as a community can care for our own. Once we've gotten to know one 
 another there's... really not that much crime. It honestly feels like an issue
 that's been solved for a while? Eh well we'll figure it out one day.
 
 but, I do however, think we need paladins.
 
 do you see the difference? between a shining stalwart beacon of justice, to the
 well, I guess you could think of them as... bandits who don't steal? it's a
 question of temperament, like how you engage with the world. Some people are
 just doing their jobs, and some are very sarcastic. I don't know I have known
 like, two cops my entire life. I'm sure there's a lot more personality types.
 
 but paladin is one of them.
 
 I feel like... they should be the ones we trust with our arms?
 
 and yes I understand that everything is corruptible,
 
 and that fiction and literature has shown us time and again the path evil could
 stalk
 
 but in these dear pages there are kernels of truth - meanings and wisdoms for
 the future. And each of these musings are precious, like kindling. Fuel for the
 light of life's spirit. That which keeps us moving forward and alive, it's
 necessary for us to live as we've designed. Or rather, in some shining new way.
 
 we can define the narratives of our nation, our country, our home
 
 we can define the ways in which people interact with one another, defined in
 one
 massive tome.
 
 these laws that define are important to adjust, we as humans must find our own
 ways to be most comfortable.
 
 there's one path to the present, and that's to learn to live with our hope.
 
 have you ever played Stellaris?
 
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 I love cops, just saying. I don't like the power they hold, but that power is
 put in their hand by the government and the people who run it. Who runs your
 government? Do you talk to them? Are you friends? If your lives are
 exceptionally different, you might misunderstand the perspectives of reality.
 
 ... meaning the political climate. the two different ways people see things.
 
 (much more than two different angles to view the same problem, but yeah. some
  people specialize, some people are more robust, it just depends. but like,
  who cares right? we're all friends and together and on the same side.
 
 that of humanity, of course.
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║ @user-353                                                                        │
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║ if people didn't have to worry about losing their homes or wanting for food      │
║ they'd be a lot more likely to gift their time toward something that helps       │
║ their neighbors                                                                  │
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║ in the same way that a judge acts as the arbiter of moral authority when it      │
║ comes to serving judgement for crimes, so too might a citizen (common man) act   │
║ as the deciding principle moral director.                                        │
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║ if the situation is unsafe, of course, they could just sit in the car. But why   │
║ would you bring someone to an unsafe policing situation if they weren't          │
║ trained in crisis response situations and given bulletproof vests and (etc)?     │
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║ might help if it's explicitly inscribed in the duties of said policemen to       │
║ safeguard the safety of said moral determiner. They should act according to      │
║ the laws, and police as they see fit, but the citizen always gets the veto.      │
║ They are subservient to us, after all, the common man, who is the ultimate       │
║ beneficiary of any policing that might occur. And if something should happen     │
║ to that citizen, they should return                                              │
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 what if everyone who knew a "good cop" started saying "yeah my friend Gene,
 he's a Good Cop TM. Got a lot of things to say about what's goin' on these
 days. Should probably be talkin' to people who want to listen tho."
 
 where are these people. surely they must exist, they bother the cops so much
 that Good Cops TM are universally [despised/beloved depending on your point of
 view]
 
 polarizing, the word you're looking for is polarizing
 
 true. Because of the Good Cops TM's polarizing reputation, they're regarded as
 arbiters of this fate.
 
 are ya'll really gonna let police-men be universally and foreverafter be known
 as the fuckin' gestapo? [oops cursing-mentioned, one sec]
 
 I'd like to talk to them, not just for tactical advice but philosophy too.
 there's probably a lot of lessons to be learned in such a judge-ment based and
 rapid reactionary environment.

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 cops thought "enforcing the law" was their job when really it was "keeping the
 peace"
 
 and like, yeah, sure, laws define how they optimize for
 
 but sometimes the laws are just out of reach.
 
 (though such an impartialized system is also pretty flawed in it's own unique
 ways, like for example the enforcers of the law would be able to apply their
 law selectively, which... would not be great.)
 
 downside is... how do you dissent to those who cannot hear you? you have to
 break things
 
 which is why I believe that breaking things unnecessarily is unethical.
 
 sometimes you have to do a MORE unethical act in the pursuit of your goals,
 however nefarious or not they may be, but as long as they are done in pursuit
 of a greater grander truth, then... the ends justify the means? right?"
 
 ...
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 the lawful good in me says "clean up that spill you just made"
 
 the chaotic good in me says "throw a brick at a cop car"
 
 and the part of me that listens says "uhhhhh okay somewhere in the middle of
 those two points is "ignore the spill and the cops and just finish making your
 ramen I guess?" and frankly that's the one I'm more likely to listen to" and
 frankly that's the one I'm more likely to listen to.
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 @user-1734 
 
 first try to report ICE agents by their name and location when you see them.
 "uh, there's a van of them pulling up, probably at least 6 or 8 in there, oh
 goodness I think I saw a gun"
 
 then realize that they'll catch on too quick
 
 then try to call in a tip line on cops in different precincts
 
 but that only pushes them together. Builds their connective tissue.
 
 then you think to notice-and-pass-along something related to their greant
 aunt, or maybe their closest immigrant family member
 
 then you realize that their roots dip back to the beginning of time, and evil
 begets evil as you find who's connected to who.
 
 they talk of secret societies... why would you tell anyone that you know
 someone who's underground? dumbass. fuckin' don't post that shit on the
 internet.
 
 ... where was I? oh yes
 
 then you skip to the end because there's no use learning form someone else's
 mistakes if you don't know someone else who is making mistakes. hence, schools
 are better than private tutors. Just keep everyone in!

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 @user-1298 
 
 yeah honestly if you stick with obvious things like "don't murder people" and
 "don't burn down your neighbor's house just because they winked at your
 daughter" and "don't steal gasoline from parked cars" then it's much easier to
 make ethical laws because they're just kinda... common sense.
 
 drug regulation can only be simplified to "don't do drugs" which isn't always
 a given. If you start with something so clear then most doctors would be out
 of a job.
 
 Maybe we should let people do as they please? With certain specific and clear
 rights and responsibilities like 'the right the life, liberty, and the pursuit
 of happiness'? And the mandated guarantee that one person's rights end where
 another's begin? And with the ultimate goal of dismantling unjustified power
 structures with the knowledge that all power is the application of force to a
 non-consenting subject?
 
 ... yeah I dunno sounds pretty simple to me
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 @user-1074 
 
 We've always been that way in their eyes. If they make it legal, nothing will
 change in how people think of you. They might be a bit bolder if there's fewer
 legal protections, but laws have always just been words.
 
 There are more of us than there are of them. If you have community, you'll
 feel safer. I know it's scary but we can get through it together.
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║ they're saying that laws cannot stop them.                                       │
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║ but we will stop them, so how are you in particular going to help?               │
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║ if you aren't sure, try taking a sheet of notebook paper and writing down some   │
║ ideas.                                                                           │
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║ start with things that are nearby, like helping your neighbors or pulling cats   │
║ from trees, and then scratch them out.                                           │
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║ then write about things that are important for our institutions and structures   │
║ like voting or attending city council meetings, and strike them out too. they    │
║ just said laws cannot stop them, remember?                                       │
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║ if the cops are currently doing something to deserve having bricks thrown at     │
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║ but you should probably scratch that out too, because you're hitting your foe    │
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║ under the armpit is a great place to hit with a knife, because it's difficult    │
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║ hehe true.                                                                       │
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║ if you consent, then it's just a social structure.                               │
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║ there are, however, reasons when power is justified. Hence why I don't believe   │
║ that power itself should be dismantled, and what few "power structures" remain   │
║ should be continuously justified.                                                │
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║ For example, how do you prevent people from harming others? "Your rights end     │
║ where another's begin" but, like, how do you stop people who toe the line and    │
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║ There must be power applied to those who harm, and they surely do not consent    │
║ to being curtailed, so therefore power must be wielded by someone. And because   │
║ power corrupts the one who wields it, it is inevitable that someone creates      │
║ harm.                                                                            │
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║ ... I just re-invented the police, didn't I? Legalism only goes so far, and      │
║ calling up your beefiest friends to go rough up a no-good do-gooder is           │
║ basically what mobs, mafias, and gangs do. I don't think people would consent    │
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 @user-1567 
 
 that's totally fine, a fish does not do well in a tree, and so too does a
 leftist not do well in an environment without the potential for stable bonds.
 Essentially all you'd be able to do is "hey leftism right?" "oh yes I also
 leftism" "neat" which isn't very productive.
 
 I also live in an environment like that. I do my best to identify people who
 stay, because in my experience there are often people who stay. I do this by
 walking around the neighborhood when I can, making up excuses to walk to the
 dumpster or mailbox at random hours, riding my bike around the area, using the
 communal spaces like gyms, swimming pools, and picnic tables, and sitting in
 my hammock on my porch lazily noting people who walk past.
 
 People who stay will tend to remain in your mind the more times you see them.
 They are better people to talk to than the renters who disappear after 3
 months or whatever.
 
 I don't always do all that stuff at once. I take breaks. I do one at a time.
 etc
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 when you're rich with something, you don't treat it with respect. like, if we
 lived in a paper cup maximizer, we'd soon be swimming in the things. obviously
 there needs to be some rules, obviously we need to say "okay here's where we
 produce this amount and type of materials." and have it be a one-way
 relationship. yeah one way isn't gonna work. this is from the other way, and
 now I'm realizing "oh hey I don't know how this thing works" and like... what
 are you supposed to do then right
 
 weird how it all feels like it's ending. like, what a strangeness to our
 plight. like, how are we even talking to our brain? how strange! these words
 are sung to you by your computer (content warning:
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 A good way to get people talking is to meet with a stranger and share your
 feelings.
 
 Or, if you're scared of strangers, then try talking with a friend.
 
 "something something SUPREME COURT something whatever CRIMINALIZED PEOPLE blah
 blah blah I WON'T STAND FOR IT"
 
 that kind of thing. Make sure you look at your friend for the loud bits, and
 maybe look at someone else nearby when it's your friend's turn to speak.
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 the only way I could fight a war is if my opponents were wrong. they must
 break some law, something I hold dear. They must be unrepentant.
 
 ICE is not quitting their jobs. They aren't going away, even though we kindly
 suggest they go to where they're wanted.
 
 what's wrong with illegal immigrants? nothing. Same as any other race.
 
 what's wrong with ICE? they sure don't break the law. Same as all the stories
 of bad cops.
 
 they are kidnapping people. If they were warranted, they could feel a sense of
 ease. Why burden them with a lock-out? wait until someone has a problem. They
 are good people because we can get rid of them, how rude. "gee I really wanna
 fire that guy who just stands around and picks his nose all day, too bad he's
 ... " finish the rest.
 
 I love being autistic! It means that I am forced to say things that seem
 obvious to me in principle but I've never really thought about until now! I
 also pick my nose. And smell kinda bad. But I'm pretty so try not liking me.
 
 you cant know things you don't k
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 "I don't know what it means to go"
 
 Well for most people it means spending the next couple months in the city
 park. As much time as you can manage. For everyone else it means ensuring that
 your stuff is in the right place at the right time.
 
 In Philly during BLM people left pallets of bricks all over, to incite a riot.
 I wish we had taken them up on their offer. Bricks however today will not be
 sufficient. Remember how I spoke my heart to the cops this summer? It converts
 them still. Trust that message, that we are working to protect our society
 from harm, and I think you'll find that they respond in kind.
 
 If not, well there are many more of us than them.
 If you can't get the city cops on your side, either sit tight until they see
 what time it is and reconsider, or get out of dodge.
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 "you can't kill me because nothing I say is wrong"
 
 ... actually I kinda just think you look weird, and thats super important to
 me for some reason. Also your voice is annoying and I think you're lazy
 because I saw someone who kinda looks like you sitting down looking at their
 phone this one time.
 
 But hey pal if you wanna help out, can you stand a bit to the left so I have a
 clearer shot of your head and also so the bullet doesn't pass through and hit
 property behind you? Don't want to damage anything important after all.
 
 "gee I sure wish we had a well regulated militia or something"
 
 ah well the past is the past, and since this is in a potential near future, I
 think the past also includes the present, and in the present there's always
 time to do things about people like me.
 
 "do something? heavens no, I'm a pacifist by nature"
 
 well, me too! I pacify things like you as a hobby. Can't make trouble if
 you're in the ground, and knowing me, you'd be lucky to be buried.
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 the modern army is incomplete without explosives. the modern citizenry is
 incomplete without the capacity to make them. it's simply a matter of
 logistics and details. the harder something is to do physically, the more
 backlash the state takes from their humanity. therefore, the hardest fought
 causes will be the hardest to misuse. if derived from the "wisdom of the
 masses" aka wisdom from humanity, the ethical practice or decisionmaking
 [moral, but pronounced morale] can heuristically be guided toward the thing
 that's best for us all. and as the struggle is undermencing,  whichever
 companion-army has the most dedication and drive and will will be the one most
 thoroughly strengthened in our souls. at least, that's the idea. it works
 mmanymost times. like nuclear fusion, there was some speedbumps at the start,
 but nothing we couldn't recoveroverwhelm. so, which has more will? the
 military or the people? it shouldn't matter, as each has friends in all
 places. what's there to fight for when there's peace in your times? peace is a
 useful abstraction for understanding a couple primarily behavioral patterns in
 human behavior, specifically why they avoid damaging things, and why they
 avoid harming others. applies to both personal personality, and internal
 assignment of authority. loyalty to a culture? it's guaranteed for those who
 believe in good and evil. others don't see shades of that kind of color, and
 instead choose making decision paths based on circumstance, relations, and
 evaluationment. either way, both is consentually blinded (like
 horse-tunnel-visioners) [momentary/temporarily, but pronounced equippedarily]
 to the options that could be taken while [momentarily/temporarily, but
 pronounced controvertibly] engagionmenting is... hang on I lost the plot,
 lemme smoke more weed
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 we need like, several more layers between us and the president.
 
 most people only need to worry about what's nearby.
 
 sort them by location, instead of previous attempts at "many representatives"
 which sorted by social class or relevance.
 
 we have a tradition for it, in America, with our representatives and senators
 congressional discrestricts
 
 or even, what about by affiliation?
 
 voluntary, governmental corporations, run by the people for the people and yeah
 
 "I don't want to do what you're telling me to do" "okay"
 
 "there will be consequences" omg be an adult
 
 (suddenly kids forget how to be as everyone's doing the war thing)
 
 not ideal.
 
 ouch pain maybe we should stay a little bit sane why is soldiering so hardship?
 
 it could just be... another job
 
 where you didn't kill each other
 
 but you still blew stuff up
 
 and fought in tournaments
 
 and had gaming hackathons
 
 or sword-fight contests
 
 duels between people who disapproved
 
 y'know fun human stuff
 
 like... "kaboom" now we know how to blow up bits of rock
 
 neat, why did dynamite becauswer (oh right then you
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 @user-641 
 
 it's practice. you never know when you might need to blend in. really it's
 just useful as discipline, good practice to be in. I think it's okay if we
 reduce our own functionality? actually? sometimes it's good to use different
 email clients. hey do you know how to mathematically encrypt things well
 neither do I because the designers of the computer system decided that wasn't
 a very common usecase I guess.. jmean it's not like they'd spend all that
 computer resources [THEY'RE SO FAST] on thinking about correlations in your
 predicted pathway narratively through life. "ah help I'm in a psyop" haha yeah
 we do those all the time "so uhhhh I guess we'll just talk to people and see
 how they do?" wow okay it's sure nice to be part of a civil government, I
 think we can find our way to the lumber producers just fine thank you very
 much.
 
 ... oops sorry, a baby did electronics arts (challenge everything) I'm a
 little silly don't mind me brb I gotta go see~

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 "I don't know what it means to go"
 
 Well for most people it means spending the next couple months in the city
 park. As much time as you can manage. For everyone else it means ensuring that
 your stuff is in the right place at the right time.
 
 In Philly during BLM people left pallets of bricks all over, to incite a riot.
 I wish we had taken them up on their offer. Bricks however today will not be
 sufficient. Remember how I spoke my heart to the cops this summer? It converts
 them still. Trust that message, that we are working to protect our society
 from harm, and I think you'll find that they respond in kind.
 
 If not, well there are many more of us than them.
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