Couple arrested for dancing while waiting for the train in New York.

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16. Really, police brutality, or overzealous actions by police/military in general, is

the heart of the problem, I think.

In my view, the central problem of civilization is "who will guard the guardians?"

It is hard to imagine a complex society without some form of police and military sector. But once you have either of these, you run into the problem of limiting their power. Police and military, to their credit, are good at controlling bad elements of the world. But the worst thing that can happen is to have police and/or military begin to set social policy. The attributes that make for good police/soldiers are exactly the opposite of those that make for good creators of social policy.

Good police/soldiers are control oriented, respect authority and follow orders. Good social leaders encourage freedom and individuality, question authority and develop compromises rather than issuing or following orders.

NYC police brutality, US military-industrial complex, Egyptian military trying to thwart the revolution, all of these in my view are aspects of the same problem.