This. Even in a scenario where a bunch of really trustworthy well meaning people were involved in this and doing proper due diligence, it’s just not how anything fucking works.
Further, a society that ends up relying on the work of vigilantes usually only happens in societies where the justice system is failing to do it’s job and people feel the need to become vigilantes to exact justice. Yet obviously what these groups do is not justice, although it may seem cathartic and akin to justice to people who think that hurting people who hurt others back is the only solution to anything at all.
It speaks ill about where our society stands and it fits in with the wider theme of conservatism wanting to dismantle modern society and make it fail to function so people stop relying on it. To them, the failure of the justice system and people turning to mob violence is part of the goal to keep citizens fighting among themselves instead of their masters.
This. Even in a scenario where a bunch of really trustworthy well meaning people were involved in this and doing proper due diligence, it’s just not how anything fucking works.
Further, a society that ends up relying on the work of vigilantes usually only happens in societies where the justice system is failing to do it’s job and people feel the need to become vigilantes to exact justice. Yet obviously what these groups do is not justice, although it may seem cathartic and akin to justice to people who think that hurting people who hurt others back is the only solution to anything at all.
It speaks ill about where our society stands and it fits in with the wider theme of conservatism wanting to dismantle modern society and make it fail to function so people stop relying on it. To them, the failure of the justice system and people turning to mob violence is part of the goal to keep citizens fighting among themselves instead of their masters.