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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Are police also "responsible" for "letting crime happen"? I don't understand the reasoning here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

See how long you last as police chief if you choose to not suppress crime.

So yeah, police are explicitly responsible for minimising crime, that’s literally their job.

I admit there’s some nuance there since police aren’t expected to actually prevent all crime. In this metaphor I guess the question is whether Trump is a bog standard criminal that maybe gets around the police but is kept mostly in check, or if he’s a special level of super-criminal that police chief Biden should have his career judged against.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The thing is, the people chose to have crime. They were presented with a criminal, and chose him. And I'm not even following the metaphor anymore either; he's literally a criminal. The police can't fight crime if the majority of people want crime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

True, I guess we need a Batman to handle this Joker, the “police” have been overwhelmed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago