Comments on: Limited Government In Post-Invasion Iraq http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2009/08/limited-government-in-post-invasion-iraq.html The personal blog of economist RPM Tue, 22 May 2012 06:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scott http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2009/08/limited-government-in-post-invasion-iraq.html#comment-9593 Scott Sun, 26 Dec 2010 01:52:10 +0000 http://consultingrpm.fatcow.com/?p=1130#comment-9593 One problem that US society has compared to the communities described is that people in the US move around too much; it would be hard to exile/shame and unexile/unshame someone; they could simply move to another city -- assuming that you could even identify the culprit. Globalization means that virtually every crime can be asssumed to have been committed by someone from another city, state, country, or continent. A community-based police force would seem to have good points, though; if you live in a community and you're within a certain age range (of either sex), required to either pay tax or spend a day a week doing some government-related job that you're qualified to do. Based on what I read recently about anti-bullying efforts, it might improve empathy and thus reduce bullying as well as crime in general. By becoming aware of what goes on behind the scenes, participants would also get a better feeling for why certain things are the way that they are. One problem that US society has compared to the communities described is that people in the US move around too much; it would be hard to exile/shame and unexile/unshame someone; they could simply move to another city — assuming that you could even identify the culprit. Globalization means that virtually every crime can be asssumed to have been committed by someone from another city, state, country, or continent.

A community-based police force would seem to have good points, though; if you live in a community and you’re within a certain age range (of either sex), required to either pay tax or spend a day a week doing some government-related job that you’re qualified to do. Based on what I read recently about anti-bullying efforts, it might improve empathy and thus reduce bullying as well as crime in general. By becoming aware of what goes on behind the scenes, participants would also get a better feeling for why certain things are the way that they are.

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