R&E Political Discussion 2026: I like to understand things before I criticize them.

R&E Political Discussion 2026
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I like to understand things before I criticize them.

Posted by Ken C on August 16, 2026, 11:53 am, in reply to "Look into the manifesto of the DSA..."

DSA seem like unreasonable extremists: https://www.dsausa.org/working-groups/abolition-working-group/

Moderate reasonable liberals might have better ideas for improving our police and reducing crime.

Maybe we could abolish cannabis laws and make it legal everywhere. Then police could focus on arresting dangerous criminals.

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What If We Abolished Prisons And Defunded The Police? - DFM August 16, 2026, 7:05 am

We should absolutely abolish FOR PROFIT prisons. - KR August 16, 2026, 9:20 am
- I agree. The State must not farm out its obligatory security functions to friends of politicians. - DFM August 17, 2026, 12:37 am
Do any real people say we should Abolish Prisons? - Ken C August 16, 2026, 8:50 am
- Look into the manifesto of the DSA... - tbd*= August 16, 2026, 10:30 am
  - Here is the manifesto abbreviated from Google: - DFM August 17, 2026, 12:52 am
  - I like to understand things before I criticize them. - Ken C August 16, 2026, 11:53 am

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