Theoretical Discussion: No Police Force

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I think the best answer to the OP is a book by L. Neil Smith called, "The Probability Broach".

I highly recommend it.

http://northamericanconfederacy.wikidot.com/the-probability-broach

The ostensible point of divergence leading to the [differences between our current reality and that in the other dimension] is the addition of a single word in the preamble to the United States Declaration of Independence, wherein it states that governments "derive their just power from the unanimous consent of the governed."

Putting aside violent crime for a minute, can you imagine what traffic would be like if everyone could drive whenever and however they liked?

so says someone indoctrinated into a society where no one is responsible for their own actions. in such a world, each person would be completely and totally responsible for their actions (no "insurance" to shift the burden elsewhere, etc.). you commit a crime (which has now become limited to harming another or their property) and you (solely) make restitution. inattentive drivers? not after the word gets out that those people no longer can't drive but also had to sell everything they own to pay for the harm they caused.

you then expand that affect outward to more than just driving.

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 inattentive drivers? not after the word gets out that those people no longer can't drive but also had to sell everything they own to pay for the harm they caused.

you then expand that affect outward to more than just driving.

But here's the rub; how do you enforce that?

"I have to sell everything for the harm I caused?  Make me."  Now what?

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Unicorns.

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I think the best answer to the OP is a book by L. Neil Smith called, "The Probability Broach".

I highly recommend it.

http://northamericanconfederacy.wikidot.com/the-probability-broach

There's a web comic based on that chunk of fantasy:
http://www.bigheadpress.com/tpbtgn

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But here's the rub; how do you enforce that? "I have to sell everything for the harm I caused?  Make me."  Now what?

read the book. it's not about a lack of laws. it's about a simplification of the legal system and a change from paper criminals and a legal system intent on overly complex structures so that, eventually, everyone has done something wrong and a centralized, militarized police force holds sway over the fearful.

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funny they had to make a picture book to attract the attention of some readers.  

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read the book. it's not about a lack of laws. it's about a simplification of the legal system and a change from paper criminals and a legal system intent on overly complex structures so that, eventually, everyone has done something wrong and a centralized, militarized police force holds sway over the fearful.

Sorry, I should have separated the discussion.  OP is 'no police force', so I was using that context.  Simplification of the legal process?  Yes please.