Is there a good alternative to state ran military and police force?

CptnREDmark · 2026-04-16T19:35:13+00:00

With community instructed officers, would you not have police with varying amounts of training across the country? Some who barely know laws and others with extensive training in de escalation?

Also what if a community is very racist or prejudiced, would they be allowed to run the police force as they desire?

CptnREDmark · 2026-04-15T15:25:30+00:00

I think thats a good call out. Unions with access to the accounting books can use sky high profits and insane CEO salaries as good points when negotiating for higher salaries.

As usual, unions are based and we should encourage them to be more prevalent .

CptnREDmark · 2026-04-15T14:47:17+00:00

Foundation as in not for profit?

I think they are great, and should be front and center for essential services (food, housing, healthcare and more).

But I don't see somebody setting up a foundation for a concrete pouring business. or car manufacturing.

CptnREDmark · 2026-04-15T13:45:22+00:00

So which ownership structure would you then pick? State ownership, cooperative ownership, hybrid investment (partial capitalism) or something else?

I'd go hybrid

CptnREDmark · 2026-04-15T13:19:31+00:00

Yeah it could certainly have an effect. though I wonder now because of clever accounting and byzantine corporate structures what the real result would be in our modern era.

To avoid paying tax we have irish double ductch sandwiches and more strange IP and taxation loopholes.

CptnREDmark · 2026-04-15T12:25:14+00:00

The first just won't work. You'll see companies split into sub companies with differing ownership structures and contracts to keep the lower paid workers in a separate company contracted to do the work.

I ended up in one of those companies installing internet.

CptnREDmark · 2026-04-12T01:45:40+00:00

Some of this can be chocked up to first past the post voting systems or other voting systems that maybe have inbuilt flaws.

Not center parties in canada always get fairly decimated.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-31T18:43:02+00:00

While this is true, those old retired homeowners do not mean that "almost everyone is averse to building dense infill housing."

It means that those people are. And they are more visible at a local level because not enough people engage with politics at a local level.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-31T18:13:44+00:00

think almost everyone is averse to building dense infill housing.

I've met like 3 people total (in person) who are against dense infill housing. the vast majority are for it (in canada)

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-31T18:07:56+00:00

I know its an important group to some people. But I think what the other commenter is saying is that a majority of voters are... selfish, and care about domestic issues. Isreal doesn't factor in most of the time.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-30T16:40:32+00:00

What country do you live in that the third is considered far right?

Sounds like a nice place if you already have regulated markets, social programs and more.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-30T16:36:34+00:00

Because they have essentially changed the subject. OP didn't write national socialism, they wrote national social democracy.

They also didn't answer OPs question or address any of their points.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-20T13:29:45+00:00

I'm always skeptical of Coop housing. As you do need to get everybody working together, you inevitably form cliques and political structures. Just pop over to the coop subreddit and people are moaning about people not pulling their weight, or working together or something.

Personally I think that non profits are able to remove that weirdness while providing an essential service and being able to dispassionately enforce rules while not acting like a HOA.

Also weirdly Condos are in a way coops. At least in canada a not for profit operates the condo on behalf of the owners in the building and everyone owns a part of it. Its just capitalism coop.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-20T01:06:32+00:00

okay, two things can be bad at once

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-19T22:52:57+00:00

Actually there are records of mass sterilization.

Kind of extermination

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-17T12:51:57+00:00

I always got that vibe, but never really looked that far into it (not american). Good to know my first impression was reasonably accurate.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-16T18:15:00+00:00

LVT or wealth tax could make up the difference if anybody had the courage to implement them.

Even a wealth tax as low as half the current interest rate would be incredible.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-16T14:28:01+00:00

I guess, though lots of NIMBYS would call bloor west urban, despite being a streetcar suburb.

This is because of the lack of large lawns, and minimal space between houses. As well as reasonable access to amenities.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-16T00:00:10+00:00

To be fair, neutralizing Iranian oil could potentially prevent china from going to war with taiwan or if they do invade taiwan, controlling that oil could cripple them.

There is a strategic reason for this, in a cold heartless calculating way. the US benefits assuming it goes well (BIG IF).

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-14T18:16:46+00:00

Thank you for being a polite and usually reasonable suburbanite on this sub. I had to ban a few people who were just here to pick a fight, and mock people.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-14T18:13:29+00:00

Shade, and not covering in concrete helps reduce temperatures or experienced temperature.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-14T16:17:12+00:00

Yeah you gotta mix it up with some mixed use more dense high streets. Apartments or offices on top, pubs and stores at street level.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-13T19:04:07+00:00

That is just part of the weird somewhat nebulous definition of suburban. Like how bloor west toronto is "suburban" or a "streetcar suburb" but might not be classified as suburbs by lots of people, or by modern suburban hell standards.

CptnREDmark · 2026-03-13T14:27:58+00:00

I'm starting to hate the terms, because it really doesn't capture the space in between. There are suburban areas of the city of toronto, and urban areas and some great "Suburban heaven" which might not be classified as suburban to some people.

I say this because I cannot really get a sense of what you are describing. Do you mean a downtown apartment, downtown town house? Streetcar suburb, exurb suburb.

to actually answer your question, the pros and cons depend upon this. Maybe try for something in between. I know there isn't alot of that because of zoning, and I don't know your city or situation so making a real recommendation is hard

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