But when police is abolished what is stopping a person or a group from simply taking whatever they like from others? Or force them to do whatever for them? Exploitation doesn’t just happen between corporations and “the people”.
If there were no laws and no police someone like Elon Musk could (and perhaps would) just bulldozer down whatever buildings are in his way when he wanted to build his production there.
Without laws and police I certainly wouldn’t be safe on the street or even in my own home.
Why do you think billionaires aren’t currently just doing whatever they like?
I hate to be the one to break the news to you… they already are. See this…
bulldozer down whatever buildings are in his way
Show me a building that Elon couldn’t just buy with his pocket change - and then bulldoze - whenever he damn well felt like it. He could easily buy the building you’re in right now - and guess who would be the ones throwing you out of that building for him?
Quite naive.
Then show me how the police prevents Elon from doing whatever he wants. This should be easy for you - if there is any evidence to back up what it is you are saying.
Elon Musk had to discuss endlessly with the authorities in my country to find a spot he was allowed to build his factory in. When people protested he had to wait until the protest was over and couldn’t just continue building because it could have been dangerous for the protestors. He has to pay a fine now and change his gray water waste handling. He doesn’t just do it anyway because he know police and judge would arrest him.
Another example: a person owning casinos wanted to build a casino in the neighborhood where I live. He bought a property under false pretences and when the government learned he wanted to build a casino they denied that and forced him to pay a fine and now he will have to sell property again. The reason why he isn’t just bulldozing down the building and build casino anyway is because he know police will stop him and his workers.
Shall I go on? There are thousands of things happening everyday that police and the state is doing. Who is going to stop rich or more powerful people if you abolish police and state?
Feel free… I will happily point out the gaping flaws in your reasoning with any example you could care to provide.
Elon Musk had to discuss endlessly with the authorities
Of course he did - he knows the people in authority are his friends… so why wouldn’t he? It’s the people in authority that protects his exploitation… it’s literally the reason capitalists invented police. Why wouldn’t Elon work within the system that is designed to benefit him at the expense of poor people?
When people protested he had to wait until the protest was over
So you are saying that it was protestors - not police - that was putting up resistance to the rich’s exploitation?
You don’t say.
he know police and judge would arrest him.
No, they wouldn’t. Do you see police choke-holding millionaires and billionaires to death in the streets? Yes? No?
Another example
The exact same factors apply. This capitalist didn’t work within the very system that protects capitalist exploitation… and got a mild little slap on the wrist for it as opposed to a death sentence - which is a de facto risk for any poor person forced into an encounter with the police.
Who is going to stop rich or more powerful people if you abolish police and state?
Again… police and state exists to enable the rich’s exploitation - not prevent it. This means the assumption underpinning your question isn’t grounded in reality but in fiction.
Well, that’s the whole point of anarchism, really… dismantling the power structures that is enabling all the exploitation in the first place.
But when police is abolished what is stopping a person or a group from simply taking whatever they like from others? Or force them to do whatever for them? Exploitation doesn’t just happen between corporations and “the people”.
When was the last time you saw police stopping the rich from stealing everything that isn’t nailed down?
If there were no laws and no police someone like Elon Musk could (and perhaps would) just bulldozer down whatever buildings are in his way when he wanted to build his production there.
Without laws and police I certainly wouldn’t be safe on the street or even in my own home.
Do you really think the police would stop a billionaire from doing whatever they felt like? Really?
I guess you don’t know why they invented police in the first place?
Why do you think billionaires aren’t currently just doing whatever they like? Or are you really think they are already doing that? Quite naive.
I hate to be the one to break the news to you… they already are. See this…
Show me a building that Elon couldn’t just buy with his pocket change - and then bulldoze - whenever he damn well felt like it. He could easily buy the building you’re in right now - and guess who would be the ones throwing you out of that building for him?
Then show me how the police prevents Elon from doing whatever he wants. This should be easy for you - if there is any evidence to back up what it is you are saying.
Elon Musk had to discuss endlessly with the authorities in my country to find a spot he was allowed to build his factory in. When people protested he had to wait until the protest was over and couldn’t just continue building because it could have been dangerous for the protestors. He has to pay a fine now and change his gray water waste handling. He doesn’t just do it anyway because he know police and judge would arrest him.
Another example: a person owning casinos wanted to build a casino in the neighborhood where I live. He bought a property under false pretences and when the government learned he wanted to build a casino they denied that and forced him to pay a fine and now he will have to sell property again. The reason why he isn’t just bulldozing down the building and build casino anyway is because he know police will stop him and his workers.
Shall I go on? There are thousands of things happening everyday that police and the state is doing. Who is going to stop rich or more powerful people if you abolish police and state?
Feel free… I will happily point out the gaping flaws in your reasoning with any example you could care to provide.
Of course he did - he knows the people in authority are his friends… so why wouldn’t he? It’s the people in authority that protects his exploitation… it’s literally the reason capitalists invented police. Why wouldn’t Elon work within the system that is designed to benefit him at the expense of poor people?
So you are saying that it was protestors - not police - that was putting up resistance to the rich’s exploitation?
You don’t say.
No, they wouldn’t. Do you see police choke-holding millionaires and billionaires to death in the streets? Yes? No?
The exact same factors apply. This capitalist didn’t work within the very system that protects capitalist exploitation… and got a mild little slap on the wrist for it as opposed to a death sentence - which is a de facto risk for any poor person forced into an encounter with the police.
Again… police and state exists to enable the rich’s exploitation - not prevent it. This means the assumption underpinning your question isn’t grounded in reality but in fiction.