The only reason there's bad neighborhoods is because people have stopped caring, and the only reason they've stopped caring is because they're powerless to change anything.
There are some instances in places like Detroit where neighbors have banded together to fight off thugs, gangs, and dealers, and it seems to be working a lot better than relying on the erratic or indifferent response of local police forces.
The solution isn't military schools, it's people taking the initiative and asserting themselves, having a direct hand in reshaping their neighbourhood.
> The only reason there's bad neighborhoods is because people have stopped caring, and the only reason they've stopped caring is because they're powerless to change anything.
If they are powerless to change anything, then them caring or not is irrelevant.
The reason that there are bad neighborhoods is that the people that aren't "powerless to change anything" (who may or may not live in the neighborhood, but nevertheless influence it by their power, including the power to direct resources away from it) have either stopped caring or, more often, have active interests that are served by actions which hurt the neighborhood.
The solution has to be practical and doable. It seems to me campaigning for boarding schools as a solution to the ills of society and getting them open is more doable than somehow getting people to take the initiative.
There are some instances in places like Detroit where neighbors have banded together to fight off thugs, gangs, and dealers, and it seems to be working a lot better than relying on the erratic or indifferent response of local police forces.
The solution isn't military schools, it's people taking the initiative and asserting themselves, having a direct hand in reshaping their neighbourhood.