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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Defund the police means take their bloated military surplus budget, reduce it to reasonable levels and channel those funds into social services instead. It doesn't mean 'erase all cops'

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 months ago

They say something more precise

Defund the police is used uite successfully by extreme right to make centrist and moderate left look dumb