I keep replaying from 22:45, as he responds to Glenn's prompt, and I swear I see Dr. Lloyd turn into a pretzel. Confusing response.
As likable and knowledgeable as Dr. Lloyd may be, and as interesting as it is to listen to his reasoning, his (and others') willingness to advocate for 'reimagining' real-world solutions (e.g., prison time) to real-world problems (e.g., murder) from a far-removed seat in the clouds is just frightening.
After re-listening to the mentioned segment, I find it interesting that within the span of a few minutes of responding to Glenn and John, Lloyd ironically seems to commit our future society to what he presently is against: Domination. Lloyd seems to view the state and its traditional solution to criminal behavior as being somehow removed from 'the community' and forced upon it, without realizing that citizens help shape and craft public policy through various democratic means. His imaginative solution seems all too common for the well-intended among us: ignore what the overwhelming majority of citizens and victims of crime want (i.e., more incarceration) in favor of an ill-defined community-based reform (i.e., less incarceration) because he presumably knows best...
I hope Dr. Lloyd never has the misfortune of losing a loved one to gun violence (or any violence, for that matter) and finding out that his own policy prescriptions for a more 'humane' response to criminal behavior turn on him faster than his students did.
I keep replaying from 22:45, as he responds to Glenn's prompt, and I swear I see Dr. Lloyd turn into a pretzel. Confusing response.
As likable and knowledgeable as Dr. Lloyd may be, and as interesting as it is to listen to his reasoning, his (and others') willingness to advocate for 'reimagining' real-world solutions (e.g., prison time) to real-world problems (e.g., murder) from a far-removed seat in the clouds is just frightening.
After re-listening to the mentioned segment, I find it interesting that within the span of a few minutes of responding to Glenn and John, Lloyd ironically seems to commit our future society to what he presently is against: Domination. Lloyd seems to view the state and its traditional solution to criminal behavior as being somehow removed from 'the community' and forced upon it, without realizing that citizens help shape and craft public policy through various democratic means. His imaginative solution seems all too common for the well-intended among us: ignore what the overwhelming majority of citizens and victims of crime want (i.e., more incarceration) in favor of an ill-defined community-based reform (i.e., less incarceration) because he presumably knows best...
I hope Dr. Lloyd never has the misfortune of losing a loved one to gun violence (or any violence, for that matter) and finding out that his own policy prescriptions for a more 'humane' response to criminal behavior turn on him faster than his students did.