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You can stop 100% of crimes with a 100% effective law enforcement mechanism. The term for that is authoritarian dystopia. Our ancestors recognised this a long

You can stop 100% of crimes with a 100% effective law enforcement mechanism. The term for that is authoritarian dystopia. Our ancestors recognised this a long time ago, and recognised that there's an intrinsic balance between individual freedoms and the degree to which laws are enforced. We are shifting hard and fast to the extreme authoritarian end of that scale.

jtbayly 8y ago
Not to get technical on you, but you still can't stop 100% in a authoritarian dystopia. That's called science fiction. :) You might be able to punish 100% though.
- random4369 8y ago
  There's nothing impossible about it. It's merely a question of resources. Pervasive surveillance+ML coupled with an implanted device which incapacitates an individual would get you there. Fast forward to an Elon Musk future where everyone has a neural lace, feeding their every thought and intent to pervasive surveillance. Futuristic? Sure. But not far off and certainly not impossible.
  - philipov 8y ago
    Neural lace? You are literally telling us a science fiction story.
  - jacquesm 8y ago
    > There's nothing impossible about it. Of course it is. I could be perfectly normal and ok, you invite me to dinner, we sit down, I don't like the way you prepared the potatoes, take my fork and stab you without any warning at all. Even if you survive a crime has been committed.
Can_Not 8y ago
You can also prevent 100% of crime with 100% decriminalization of unlawful activities.
JasonFruit 8y ago
No, it's not a balance between our rights and law enforcement; it's laws and law enforcement that stop where our rights begin. A "balance" inevitably ends with all law, all enforcement, and no rights.
- y4mi 8y ago
  Just like there can only ever be water planets, fire planets or earth planets. A single planets with vulcanos, oceans and continents can't exist. ... Not everything is an absolute. There is a reason why the court of law was generally depicted as an old ... balance (noun)
  - JasonFruit 8y ago
    Kind of a tortured analogy, if you ask me. Not everything is absolute, sure — but I think this is.
ihsw2 8y ago
Morality based on external pressures is never sufficient -- an environment where personal responsibility and individual liberties are abrogated in favor of absolute totalitarianism is an environment where violence and criminality can flourish without hesitation.

jtbayly 8y ago

Not to get technical on you, but you still can't stop 100% in a authoritarian dystopia. That's called science fiction. :) You might be able to punish 100% though.

random4369 8y ago
There's nothing impossible about it. It's merely a question of resources. Pervasive surveillance+ML coupled with an implanted device which incapacitates an individual would get you there. Fast forward to an Elon Musk future where everyone has a neural lace, feeding their every thought and intent to pervasive surveillance. Futuristic? Sure. But not far off and certainly not impossible.
- philipov 8y ago
  Neural lace? You are literally telling us a science fiction story.
- jacquesm 8y ago
  > There's nothing impossible about it. Of course it is. I could be perfectly normal and ok, you invite me to dinner, we sit down, I don't like the way you prepared the potatoes, take my fork and stab you without any warning at all. Even if you survive a crime has been committed.

Can_Not 8y ago

You can also prevent 100% of crime with 100% decriminalization of unlawful activities.

JasonFruit 8y ago

No, it's not a balance between our rights and law enforcement; it's laws and law enforcement that stop where our rights begin. A "balance" inevitably ends with all law, all enforcement, and no rights.

y4mi 8y ago
Just like there can only ever be water planets, fire planets or earth planets. A single planets with vulcanos, oceans and continents can't exist. ... Not everything is an absolute. There is a reason why the court of law was generally depicted as an old ... balance (noun)
- JasonFruit 8y ago
  Kind of a tortured analogy, if you ask me. Not everything is absolute, sure — but I think this is.

ihsw2 8y ago

Morality based on external pressures is never sufficient -- an environment where personal responsibility and individual liberties are abrogated in favor of absolute totalitarianism is an environment where violence and criminality can flourish without hesitation.