Part of me believes this was inevitable. As population grows, wealth grows, and expectations. More and more people “calling the cops” over things they could resolve themselves. Someone threatens to shoot someone under his breath or maim someone for a trivial disagreement...call the cops. Ok, what about other disagreements, say over cheating at cards? Call the cops. Call the cops for every little thing under the sun. How was this handled in the wild west? Assuming it wasn’t some drawn out heavy grudge, it was usually settled with words, or fists out in the yard. Then it was settled. Everyone went on with life. Not anymore. Now the perp will cap you and your wife as well. So the police think they are GOD now, and that we must be ruled over with an iron fist since we refuse to police ourselves and our neighbors.
Well that, and the fact that the Feds lock everyone up in this country for EVERYTHING.
http://www.fbi.gov/fieldnews/breaking.htm
The Wild West as it were was much tamer, relatively speaking, than what we have now.
I agree with everything you’ve said. It kind of a chicken and the egg paradox, did a needy public demand more police, or did the leftists teach everyone to trust the police and “Not take the law into your own hands” (Actually our responsibility)—as mentioned by another poster. I’m not sure, since I wasn’t really around for when it started. But the solution is simple. Personal responsibility at the individual level, and a drastically reduced government at ALL levels, and in ALL fields.
Regarding:
“So the police think they are GOD now, and that we must be ruled over with an iron fist since we refuse to police ourselves and our neighbors.”
I just had a flashback to the scene in “I, Robot” where the AI computer was going to lock all humans up in order to protect them. That is, in all actuality, what we have come to. We’re monitored on our cell phones (GPS), internet, told at Walmart to report suspicious neighbors, using cash, etc., monitored on CCTV while driving, and they’ve already started the microchipping, though it’s voluntary for now (Military members—if they get lost, and the Elderly—for Alzheimers patients, etc., and marketing it for kids—if they get lost, FYI if you didn’t know already).
When you imprison someone behind bars, they virtually all want out. When you do it in their own comfortable setting, they almost all never want to leave. Pray for America, it’s the most vital portion of the equation, as God can do more with man, than man can do with himself. We must all wake up, and there isn’t much left to work with. FReegards.