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Arguing mobb justice over our legal system is just dumb. We had mobb justice during Jim crow and how did that turn out?
You do you, but you're not overthrowing the fascists installing themselves with non vioence. Never happened in history. We're not at a point where non vioence solves problems. Like pedophile Matt Gaetz, tell me how justice can find him.
That's also not what this conversation is about.
The alternative to vigilantism is letting the courts and cops handle it. The courts and cops have been fileld with those people. It's exactly what this conversation is about. If the system was just there would be no need for external actions. That was the first sentence of my first comment.
Solving violence with violence doesn't ever work.
To quote Bayard Rustin: "If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end."
Solving violence with violence is literally what the government does as soon as it's at an impass. Weather its cops, military, or politicians vioence is how the world currently works, people just freak out when its not their state doing the violence. The state often times 'solves' even non violence with violence. How were the recent protestors cleared off college campuses for a softball example? Private individuals are far easier to hold accountable than cops as is consistently proven in court. If you're worried about unaccountable violence, look first to the state.
I feel you. It sounds like you're saying "the way the world currently works" is broken. So why do more of the same and keep it that way? The world needs a new way to work. Let the old way die out, emulate a new way.