We were taught from shows and movies that the law had to catch the 'bad guy', apprehend the thief, and protect society from the lone predators. But why is there so much dysfunction in society that breeds the need to steal, beg, and otherwise humiliate oneself? When we think about it, we understand that so much of the thefts and crimes in the street are born out of poverty and the scars in being raised in a broken system. We're taught to fear the neighborhood thug while be amazed and awed at the gangsters, white collar tyrants, and military monsters living in high places. Petty, interpersonal scuffles and one-time assaults locally are demonized while systematic and entrenched theft, violence and impunity in high places are accepted as the necessary evils of power and international prestige.
The more police, guns, military, and weapons in world society is the sign and result of greater inequality, less trust, and scoundrels hiding in high places. The 'bad guys' are not the desperate, but the despots that dream of keeping us under their thumb. Someday we will all wake up,, maybe someday soon.
Peace @ClumsySilverDad