It would be pretty much impossible to determine this accurately, but it would be nice to know how many people have died in the U.S. as a result of them being taught for all of their lives to “call the authorities” if something bad is happening, instead of “taking the law into their own hands.”
I think of that every time some fascist-apologist ignorantly proclaims that those of us who advocate actual freedom would “be the first to call the cops” if something bad was happening. Um, no I wouldn’t. Nor would most of the people I know.
Aside from the inherent immorality of what “law enforcement” is, if on a practical level you rely on thugs of the state to protect you, or your family, or your neighbors, you are making a huge mistake. I suspect it has been a fatal mistake for many thousands of people.
