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[–] stray502 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

lol none of you would have survived on any street in the 1800s. Citizens did not maintain order in a lot of places. Some got lucky to get a bad ass in as Sherrif to clean up the streets but most had to put up with a lot of abuse and a lot of murders. A town with 20,000 people back in the 1800s had 3500 murders a year think about that. I dont know where the hell you ever got the impressin it was law and order it was the exact opposite of that. That is how the police force came in.

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[–] lettersofmarque [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

A town with 20,000 people back in the 1800s had 3500 murders a year

So every single person in town is murdered within 6 years?

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[–] Bilzkits 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

A "constable" enforced the law along with a MOB RULE. . kinda sounds like that would be much worse

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[–] FEMAswimteam ago 

Thought we just dragged bad people out of there homes and threw in front of the justice of the peace for there sentence. As for fires everyone in town grabbed a bucket to help put out the fire of fellow citizens.

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[–] GapingAnus 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago  (edited ago)

At some point we invented fire as well. People had been doing just fine without fire for hundreds of thousands of years prior to this.

Don't buy in to this new-fangled need for (((fire))).

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[–] Walk1 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

You did not need police when the country was whiter because it was a safer country and if a situation did arise then they had their weapons to protect themselves and others.

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[–] spaceman84 ago 

Doubt it. Highway robbers were a common threat to travelers and farmers for centuries. Most common folk didn't have weapons until industrialization made them affordable. Crime was far easier to get away with as well.

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[–] A_M_Swallow 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

In 19th century Britain the local police were controlled by the Watch Committee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_committee

Before the police were created the city streets of Britain and the USA were patrolled by 'Watchmen' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchman_(law_enforcement)

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[–] CapinBoredface 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

In an ideal, racially homogenous, small population of people, sure.

But once you start adding in other races and increasing the number of people in an area they start to need policing. This is common sense.

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[–] lettersofmarque [S] 2 points -1 points (+1|-2) ago 

This is common sense.

Is it? Do you believe citizens could not maintain order on their own?

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[–] CapinBoredface 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Happy white citizens in a small town sure can.

3 million immigrants sure as fuck can’t.

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[–] PepeFarmRemembers 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Police and fire departments are insurance polices for local government. You can't tax what has been burned down.

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