I can't imagine this post will last too long, despite the Moulton connection!
But glad to see that he's aware and acknowledging that these issues persist today, and I for one am happy to see you bring it up. These kinds of issues get labelled as political, but that's a cop-out. It's about being a decent human being in my books. I've been really heartened by how mainstream these difficult discussions have become, and I hope the momentum continues for some real change. As a society, we tend to get used to things, regardless of how sane or insane they are. Things that are perceived as totally normal in one country are considered absolutely bizarre in another, and it has nothing to do with the predisposition of its people - that's the key thing about all of this - we are all the same, regardless of our background. We all have different personalities but that's totally independent of our heritage--if we sorted ourselves by our mutual interests and skills, it would be a pretty diverse mix. One of those things that has become perceived as normal in North America is that the police are a huge, armed presence that are kind of a one-size-fits-all solution to a host of problems. There are a multitude of different ways the security of society could be accomplished that look very different from today's model, so the idea 'defund the police' is not nearly as radical as it sounds. it has a bit of a click-baity vibe to it, which i think does a lot of harm to its credibility, but the idea is actually very sound. Similarly, the term 'industrial prison complex' sounds like straight-up lunatic speak in my opinion, yet if you spend the time to really understand how this feedback loop works in modern society, it's a real and credible problem. I'm thankful for how much information has come to light in all this, I've become a lot better educated and know better how to help than ever before, and I hope others do the same. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/942a81ac-0297-4abe-822b-364ee02c1999o%40googlegroups.com.
