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Dan Miller's avatar

A lot of suspicion comes from the fact that many people pushing for "public order" (not you necessarily!) only seem to direct that push at those low on the social totem pole. Cops parking on the sidewalk is a clear threat to public order, but never seem to get dealt with, for instance (and some of the biggest public order enthusiasts are entirely on board with this a la Eric Adams and his supporters). If you want to get wide buy-in for public order, you're going to need to be extremely careful to make sure that it visibly applies to authority figures as well.

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Ben Luehrs's avatar

“Public order can coexist with liberty and fairness—in fact, I think public order is the best way to achieve both of those things.” Absolutely. Lots of conversations with friends recently around this exact reality.

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