I was involved in leftist organizing for a while and the idealism that you name regarding restorative justice and no policing also frustrated me. I have also survived a lot of violence, a few times when the cops needed to be involved, and while it’s part of my spiritual practice to forgive my perpetrators internally and wish for them to …
I was involved in leftist organizing for a while and the idealism that you name regarding restorative justice and no policing also frustrated me. I have also survived a lot of violence, a few times when the cops needed to be involved, and while it’s part of my spiritual practice to forgive my perpetrators internally and wish for them to get better, I really doubt most of them will. How does society humanely handle people who routinely commit violent crimes? I have no answer to that. I think there is so much fantasy around non-violence within liberalism and this seems to trickle info aspects of leftism (although leftists tend to be more realistic about systemic violence).
I was involved in leftist organizing for a while and the idealism that you name regarding restorative justice and no policing also frustrated me. I have also survived a lot of violence, a few times when the cops needed to be involved, and while it’s part of my spiritual practice to forgive my perpetrators internally and wish for them to get better, I really doubt most of them will. How does society humanely handle people who routinely commit violent crimes? I have no answer to that. I think there is so much fantasy around non-violence within liberalism and this seems to trickle info aspects of leftism (although leftists tend to be more realistic about systemic violence).