MAS

For John, BLUF:  "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Minneapolis City Council members intend to defund and dismantle the city's police department

From CNN, by Reporters Dakin Andone, Christina Maxouris and Josh Campbell, 8 June 2020.

Here is the lede plus two:

Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council on Sunday announced they intend to defund and dismantle the city's police department following the police killing of George Floyd.

"We committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuild with our community a new model of public safety that actually keeps our community safe," Council President Lisa Bender told CNN.

With nine votes the city council would have a veto-proof supermajority of the council's 13 members, Bender said.

Defunding the police seems like a splendid geopolitical act.

It will turn the United States into Sicily.  (MAS, or Make America Sicilian).  Of course, organized crime, which depends upon some level of civil control, or policing, will quickly figure out that they need to act. Thus we will have the kind of thing Mexico sees, with the Drug Cartels enforcing the rules.  So, we will more or less go back on an even keel, except the voters having a say will be much less direct.

At the same time, like with Sicily, there will be mass emigration.  I am guessing masses of people will leave the US for Russia, which is suffering from severe depopulation.  Russia will be swamped and we may see efforts to limit immigration.

The Greens and Ultra-Progressives will be thrilled with the reduction in the human footprint.  They will double down on the reduced pollution by killing the space program.  This will increase emigration of aerospace engineers, who will go to Russia and help them in their race with China, to colonize Mars.  America will be happy, what is left of it.  Russia, although being swamped with Americans, will be happy.  However, China will not be happy.

But, happiest of all will be long haul movers.

I am counting on some California Avocado Rancher to incorporate this into a novel, which will be published, in French, under a pseudonym (Monsieur Mec du Vin), and he will use the profits to keep his Avocado Ranch going, and, with movie rights, fund Small Wars Journal.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff