I think it's many places, and not just police forces. People have become wholehearted materialists as our culture has eroded and been replaced with consumerism, and when you're a materialist, nothing is more important than your own personal life and comfort. Materialists don't deeply feel any kind of attraction to ideals of heroism or generosity. They only pretend to for their own self aggrandizement. They also don't believe in any kind of religion or meaning outside of the self.
To sacrifice your own safety for others, you have to value others and your ideals at least as highly as yourself. This is impossible for a society of materialists.
Atomization and multiculturalism both play big roles in this, too. When there’s no sense of community or extended family, there’s no reason to risk your life - not for strangers and the outgroup.
Are you fucking kidding me? Just when I think police in that town could get any fucking lower. What the fuck is up with the police these days?
I think it's many places, and not just police forces. People have become wholehearted materialists as our culture has eroded and been replaced with consumerism, and when you're a materialist, nothing is more important than your own personal life and comfort. Materialists don't deeply feel any kind of attraction to ideals of heroism or generosity. They only pretend to for their own self aggrandizement. They also don't believe in any kind of religion or meaning outside of the self.
To sacrifice your own safety for others, you have to value others and your ideals at least as highly as yourself. This is impossible for a society of materialists.
Atomization and multiculturalism both play big roles in this, too. When there’s no sense of community or extended family, there’s no reason to risk your life - not for strangers and the outgroup.
This is Uvalde Texas (yoo-Vahl-dee). Most of these people knew the entire community involved.
The shooter had 3 generations of family in the town, all of them known to local law enforcement and most of them with past records.