"Reimagining Public Safety," Robert Reich. Social Control or Social Investment. Police, Military

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- Reimagining Public Safety, Robert Reich. July 21, 2020.

-- The Real Choice: Social Control or Social Investment/ Some societies center on social control, others on social investment. Social-control societies put substantial resources into police, prisons, surveillance, immigration enforcement, and the military. Their purpose is to utilize fear, punishment, and violence to divide people and keep the status quo in place — perpetuating the systemic oppression of Black and brown people, and benefiting no one but wealthy elites. Social-investment societies put more resources into healthcare, education, affordable housing, jobless benefits, and children. Their purpose is to free people from the risks and anxieties of daily life and give everyone a fair shot at making it...Read More, https://robertreich.org/

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