Re:The Amish have negotiated a pact with modernity (2018)
by zepto on Thursday October 28, 2021 @09:51PM
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> I'm sure they would have no problem deploying their own police forces and providing basic protections against anyone less than a military force who would try to just take their land.
Sounds like a militia.
Also, you don’t seem to be being taking seriously what it means not to have a legal system.
For example why are you talking about criminals? If there is no legal system, there are no criminals. A bunch of guys with AR-15s and pick up-trucks and walkie talkies really wouldn’t find it hard to displace a religious community who are relying on old hunting rifles, horse drawn buggies, and no wireless comms, especially since the Amish would have families to protect.
Sounds like a militia.
Also, you don’t seem to be being taking seriously what it means not to have a legal system.
For example why are you talking about criminals? If there is no legal system, there are no criminals. A bunch of guys with AR-15s and pick up-trucks and walkie talkies really wouldn’t find it hard to displace a religious community who are relying on old hunting rifles, horse drawn buggies, and no wireless comms, especially since the Amish would have families to protect.