Article was good, except the take on defunding the police. It was very ignorant in my opinion. I think it ignores the fact that the police receive more funding than education and receive more investment than programs that help people escape poverty. I would say another American idea that is bullshit, is that somehow makes sense to funnel billions of dollars into police departments, instead of preventing crime by eliminating poverty and providing people with a social safety net and free Healthcare that people's tax dollars could easily cover. If only we weren't investing billions so local police departments could over police minority populations and really not prevent crime or solve them. At least according to the studies I've read, if the police were treated as a business and rated on terms of effectiveness in doing their job, preventing and solving crimes, they would have been folded a long time ago.