Idk bout self policing. I wouldnt know how that works.
But there are countries that have defunded the police. Denmark for example. They didnt get rid of the police, they just created a society where people dont have a reason to commit crime.
Here in the US, you risk jail time if you commit a crime but the alternative to that is starving or getting a job that doesnt really cover living expenses. In Denmark, you can be unemployed forever and get a good enough salary from the govt to survive. At that point, the risk of commiting a crime becomes too high. Cause why risk jail time if you living comfortable even without a job?
Also in Denmark, there are no good schools and bad schools. In the US, if im born into a poor family, i end up in a terrible school and have a much lower chance of success. Then I end up poor and send my kids to a bad school. The cycle continues. In Denmark, they try their best to keep public schools fair across the board. There arent any 10 rated schools in 1 rated schools. Their schools give rich kids and poor kids the same oppurtunity.
That puts them in a place where they barely need cops.
I was in copenhagen(pulling a
@DOS_patos move here) a while back and barely saw cops. Street full of people, roads full of cars, but you rarely see cops.
Thats what defund the police means. I know a small set of people are saying get rid of police completly, but thats not realistic and thats not the classic meaning behind defunding the police.
I used denmark as an example but other countries do this too. Norway is even better. Sweden a bit worse. Some asian countries like signapore and japan to a smaller degree do this.
