Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m...
by tdeck on Saturday February 25, 2023 @02:30AM
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> In what corrupt country have you seen the police super active to keep random citizens from fixing issues that affect them personally?
In a country where they can benefit from pushing you around and enforcing arbitrary rules? Is it really hard to imagine corrupt police stopping a citizen from doing something that's technically illegal and benefits the citizen? That's the entire basis of their power.
> Yes, some things can look similar but be very much not the same. Look at the incentives, I'm sure they're not the same between a slumlord in SF and someone living in their own house.
You don't know someone owns the house they're living in when you drive by. That was exactly my point.
In a country where they can benefit from pushing you around and enforcing arbitrary rules? Is it really hard to imagine corrupt police stopping a citizen from doing something that's technically illegal and benefits the citizen? That's the entire basis of their power.
> Yes, some things can look similar but be very much not the same. Look at the incentives, I'm sure they're not the same between a slumlord in SF and someone living in their own house.
You don't know someone owns the house they're living in when you drive by. That was exactly my point.