CHICAGO | Politics and Current Events

[the urban politician]

^ Meh, I’m not a “non for profits” type of guy

Rampant crime has no solution. We just need to live with it. I’m increasingly of the mind set that one must just protect themselves. I agree that police can’t do much.

Policing works when there is massive, large scale buy in and compliance with laws and reporting illegal activity. When culturally that compliance and buy in falls apart, policing cannot keep up with sheer volume of criminal activity. That’s when individuals with the means are forced to provide their own security.

So you cannot simultaneously have a culture of “you are a criminal but it’s not your fault” and have reduced crime/effective policing. Mutually inconclusive.

Instead, ALL members of society and ALL groups need to firmly teach their kids what is considered unacceptable behavior. When that occurs at a large scale, policing becomes effective.