Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft from stores

Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by jokethrowaway on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:47PM (#28409788)

The government is incompetent at protecting people. Call the police and you'll see how it goes. And this is happening while the government is spending 13B per year. I wonder, where does the money go, if basic services are not provided?

I'd rather spend my money on a network of competing private protection companies if I didn't have to pay taxes for the police. Once the system is in place you can create all sort of charity based options - or tax funded, if you like the idea of forcefully stealing money from citizens' profit - to grant protection to those who can't afford it.

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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by floren on Friday September 03, 2021 @06:41PM (#28410247)

> I'd rather spend my money on a network of competing private protection companies if I didn't have to pay taxes for the police.

I'd prefer to fix the cops rather than sign up for a MetaCops subscription in my burbclave.

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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by mjul on Saturday September 04, 2021 @10:21AM (#28415333)

That looks like a Snow Crash reference (Neal Stephenson). Absolutely worth a re-read if you want to explore this scenario.

Edit: spelling

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