[BigFreakinToad]

As America slowly collapses, a major city is not the place to be unless you have weapons, ammo, body armor and heavy duty transportation to get out.

[kiryandil]

At a cookout a few months ago, I heard a story from a local police officer that I have now seen play out over and over in American cities. The young cop said that after the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots, the order came from on high essentially to avoid interaction with minority communities at all costs. Even a routine traffic stop in one of these neighborhoods could escalate unexpectedly, and with the incredible bias of the press and the viral nature of social media, an officer could have his career ended in the blink of an eye. Better to avoid possible lawsuits and violent riots by simply ignoring the call when it comes in over the radio.

"FIDO"

[ClearCase_guy]

Legalize the Mafia.
Have people in the neighborhood pay Protection money.
Let the Mafia handle the criminals.
There won’t be any crime.

Not joking.

Or, to cut out the middle man (the Mafia) just get rid of the police and tell citizens in the neighborhood that they can respond to crime as they wish. No charges will be forthcoming.
There won’t be any crime.

I see this as “an unstoppable force” moving toward “an immovable object”. Can you stop the unstoppable? Can you move the immovable? People will say “you can’t do that”. But the plain fact is “you have to”. You have to do the thing which is unthinkable. Unless, of course, someone has a better idea. And I sure hope that the “better idea” isn’t just “hire more officers”. Because that would be a sad joke.

[PGR88]

In our little midwest town, a local farmer puts his vegetables on a flatbed at an intersection near town. The stand is un-manned, so everyone is on the honor system to take correct amounts, put payment in a metal box he has bolted to the flatbed, and to not steal the payment box.

It must work, because his product is there every summer and autumn, year-after-year.

Societal trust a beautiful thing, and awful when its gone.

[eyeamok]

Moved out of the city shortly after Barry the Muslim was installed, we saw the writing on the wall in 2008, nobody questions me anymore about leaving the city, they want to leave too.

[redgolum]

When you see police living in gated forts, then we have hit south american style collapse
We’re getting close.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

“ highly racialized politics”

The only question that needs to be asked is: who benefits?

The answer is: politicians

The destruction of America is entirely due to our permanent political class.

[joma89]

I know I trust virtually no one and those I do trust passed a high bar to get there.

[Albion Wilde]

A high-trust society can operate with remarkable efficiency because the people enforce the rules on themselves.

And what were those internalized rules our system was founded on? They were Commandments and statues and teachings from the Bible.

[Max in Utah]

This multi-cultural, multi-racial world doesn’t seem to be working out so well, does it?
People don’t have much in common so they appear strange to each other.

My father lived in a small Kansas town where there was very little crime. Many people never locked their doors and some would always leave their car keys in the ignition.

It’s a matter of trust, basically. Sadly we have less and less reason to trust in these modern times.