Re:Luxury Beliefs Are Status Symbols
by neilk on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:36AM
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I don’t have an informed opinion about Portland or its police. But I think that’s not exactly the issue here.
Others have already noted that the author overstates the support for true police abolishment. Let’s set that aside.
The police are much more unpopular these days than before and the author offers their theory that it’s some deranged attempt to flex on others. There is a much simpler explanation, like the fact that you can watch a supercut of police killings on YouTube now.
You yourself see a pressing need for police reform. Some people have a radical analysis, some people with the right kind of info exposure see that idea repeated more often, and some people adopt it. This isn’t a mystery.
Are there white educated elites who are apt to adopt “defund the police” out of radical chic and not appreciating how they benefit from the police? Sure, probably. There are also thoughtful people who settle on more radical positions because the institutions seem resistant to reform.
I just don’t buy this idea of costly dogma in the educated elites. You support police reform. Maybe you know people who support some form of defunding the police. Are you losing friends over this?
Others have already noted that the author overstates the support for true police abolishment. Let’s set that aside.
The police are much more unpopular these days than before and the author offers their theory that it’s some deranged attempt to flex on others. There is a much simpler explanation, like the fact that you can watch a supercut of police killings on YouTube now.
You yourself see a pressing need for police reform. Some people have a radical analysis, some people with the right kind of info exposure see that idea repeated more often, and some people adopt it. This isn’t a mystery.
Are there white educated elites who are apt to adopt “defund the police” out of radical chic and not appreciating how they benefit from the police? Sure, probably. There are also thoughtful people who settle on more radical positions because the institutions seem resistant to reform.
I just don’t buy this idea of costly dogma in the educated elites. You support police reform. Maybe you know people who support some form of defunding the police. Are you losing friends over this?