tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638998837390550464.post8130279258344879451..comments2024-02-26T11:57:59.502-06:00Comments on Schultz's Take: What Minneapolis City Council Got Wrong in Trying to Defund the Police (or Personal Politics in the Age of Ignorance)ProfDSchultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14428175737629801650noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638998837390550464.post-35086810832435835342020-08-23T14:58:19.786-05:002020-08-23T14:58:19.786-05:00I've been having some of the same questions &a...I've been having some of the same questions & criticisms of the process, & it was hard not to question the viability & even the legality of those nine council members making the disbandment announcement at that rally. However, as with the frustrations expressed by the Black Lives Matter movement, and forgive the oversimplification, but when operating within the rules has failed time & time again, going outside the system, right or wrong, is to be expected.<br /><br />All we can really hope is that, with so many systems being broken, and based on models that are failing -- such as late-stage capitalism -- "going outside the system" will be done the right ways, and for the right reasons. Donald Trump & his supporters (both the wealthy corporate-types & the down-trodden working class whites) have been going outside the system the wrong ways and for the wrong reasons.<br /><br />Abolishing private campaign financing would go a long way to getting things on track. From there, we could actually take control of large systemic issues, including making law enforcement more accountable by ending qualified immunity. Until we take private money out of elections, we'll be constantly struggling to make public institutions accountable to the constituents they were created to serve, and even then it will be no panacea. Until then, we'll have legalized some corruption, which will lead to more illegal corruption engaged in by people, businesses, and even entire institutions. <br /><br />The entire American system needs to be overhauled -- politically, legally, economically, and culturally. "We the people" must mean "we the people," not "we who would take up arms against our fellow citizens," nor "we who should be allowed to exploit our fellow Americans". Anything short of that merely serves injustice.<br />Prometheushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412599438170076500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638998837390550464.post-77893247584663140972020-08-23T14:54:26.264-05:002020-08-23T14:54:26.264-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Prometheushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412599438170076500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638998837390550464.post-68551642665524962872020-08-07T12:51:19.801-05:002020-08-07T12:51:19.801-05:00Thank you for saying what I have been unable to ar...Thank you for saying what I have been unable to articulate. Thank youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481751520759706329noreply@blogger.com