spyke42

Holy fuck, I've never actually seen a rattlesnake, but I had a dream of basically this a few months ago. Except it was the shrub-steppe outside town that definitely does have rattlesnakes. Now I want to go hiking even less this summer...

This is a huge part of the "defund the police" movement. If we took away half of the police budget, and just took half of that to properly fund social workers, we would likely spend less money per call, have fewer repeat calls, and that doesn't even touch on the human aspect of things, like lives saved and reduced emotional and mental harm.

You're so awesome. We really appreciate your insight. Even though most of us in this thread and on this site probably already agree with you on almost every point, the details are what enable us to convince friends and family of the systemic problems in the prison and justice system.

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Yeah, it sounds so radical, but really it's just a mini version of our federal runaway military budget that most people are already in favor of curbing. Then you add in the benefits of where those funds will be reallocated, and it's like such an obvious no brainer.

Yeah, I love Canada, but there is still a hidden, nasty underbelly in your police departments that discriminates against POC and first nations descendents. Curbing that, and properly funding social workers would definitely help Canada realize the idealistic society that is usually portrayed in comparison with the US.