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Machiavellian on 14 August 2025
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konnichiwa said:
Machiavellian said:

Just wondering are you in agreement to a police state.  Do you want the Federal government to have soldiers on every corner, monitoring your every interactions whether private or public for the security that you believe you want.

Hmm I stated in my first sentence people don't want a police state, don't want border controls, don't want to get checked up at the airport, don't want to get a drivers licence, don't want to open their bags for a security guard at a shop and so on but their are good reasons why you can't have that freedom.  We will see what happens but if between now and lets say 2028 in DC the crime rate went down, the homeless rate is down, murder rate goes down, drug addicts went down, and the number of teens only getting a probabtion for serious offenses went down....Is that a bad thing or not?  

@SanAndreasX  How is it talking shit? If I want to talk shit then I talk about how I don't understand how any country would accept Gerrymandering.  If you are in office and you believe that your policies are great why do you feel the need to Gerrymandering.

I did not ask about other people, I asked if you wanted a police state.  How much freedom are you willing to give up for security. How much does those items you list effect you the most and how much are YOU willing to give up for those problems to be fixed by more military intervention.  Interesting enough, I was in Columbia not to long ago.  Do you know that on every corner there is a military guard with a dog sometimes but crime is still rampant there why do you believe that is the case.  Because soldiers do not solve problems instead the problems just find ways around those measures.

Also the if you noticed what Trump and his administration says, they are not fixing the homeless problem, they are just relocating them somewhere else so no one sees them.  As to crime going down, it already was going down but putting more soldiers really doesn't solve crime as much as being a band aide.  Understanding why those crimes happen and fixing at the source probably would be a more productive solution as it will ensure the next generation also doesn't need to go down that route.  Also, soldiers do not fix drug addiction or primary most of the stuff you listed since that is not their job.