[–] 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.
[–] GapingAnus 1 point 1 point 2 points (+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))).
[–] 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.
[–] A_M_Swallow 0 points 3 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)
[–] CapinBoredface 1 point 3 points 4 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.
[–] lettersofmarque [S] 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
This is common sense.
Is it? Do you believe citizens could not maintain order on their own?
[–] CapinBoredface 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Happy white citizens in a small town sure can.
3 million immigrants sure as fuck can’t.
[–] PepeFarmRemembers 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Police and fire departments are insurance polices for local government. You can't tax what has been burned down.
[–] stray502 1 point 2 points 3 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.
[–] lettersofmarque [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
So every single person in town is murdered within 6 years?