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What If the Purge Actually Happened?


crime as we know it today is a chaotic
affair traffic offenses and other minor
crimes are too frequent to notice theft
Israeli of interest to anyone other than
the victim while murders only make the
news cycle if they have an interesting
fresh hook the truth is most crimes are
generated by some human failing laziness
thriftiness greed dependency inadequacy
resulting in a need to change your place
in life by taking shortcuts you know a
wrong
taking what you can’t have or empowering
yourself by devaluing others but what if
it wasn’t this way
what if society could overcome this
ingrained pettiness at least most of the
time what if the purge actually happened
we ready are you hooked on hypothetical
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mind-bending videos the purge a
totalitarian attempt to bring annual
crime rates down to less than 1% is
effectively a 12-hour Black Friday of
violence and mayhem from 7:00 p.m. to
7:00 a.m. one night a year police and
EMT services are nowhere to be found
and restrictions on all crime with the
exception of killing ranked 10 or higher
government officials and using classful
weapons like nuclear bombs dynamite
tanks jets flamethrowers and rocket
launchers are lifted in 2016 the United
States saw five point three murders per
100,000 people along with twenty nine
point six counts of rape 102 point eight
counts of robbery four hundred and sixty
eight point nine burglaries and two
hundred and thirty six point nine motor
vehicle thefts for those same 100,000
people in a city like Los Angeles those
figures bump up significantly to seven
point three murders per 100,000 people
fifty eight point five acts of rape one
hundred and ninety six point five
robberies
three hundred and ninety four point
seven burglaries and four hundred and
sixty three point nine motor vehicle
thefts that’s a lot of crimes has
suddenly not happened and it’s a lot
more to cram into a single night but
then could you cram it all into a single
night murder rape and theft are already
criminal offenses subject to law
punishment and consequence and yet they
still happen
moreover murder in various forms of
sexual assaults are often crimes of
passion born out of a moment of emotion
and opportunity and would most likely
continue to occur outside of peer Jawas
well you better start getting used to it
little bitch because we got some company
with the stunt you regarding these
crimes lifted you’d now have regular
background levels of murder and rape
throughout the year plus a purge day
boost with the worst offenses already
defeating the purpose of the purge
now with the rest of the criminal
theater play out acts like domestic
assault child or elder abuse are
unlikely to cease on account of the page
while drug crimes would witness a pitch
day curiosity boost you know when the
purge started did people get into it
right away or were they like wait what
vehicle theft beyond joyriding and
mindlessness would be pointless you
could spend the entire purge stealing
exotic cars and choice rides but what do
you do at 7:01 a.m. when you have no
bill of sale or proof of ownership of
your unregistered uninsured vehicle and
every drive you take is a low-level
criminal offense and what about
white-collar crimes how on earth is
anyone going to devise implement and
profit from a Ponzi scheme in a 12 hour
time frame inside trading embezzlement
imagine keeping your sticky fingers at
bay all year only to realize too late
the page takes place outside of banking
hours well you just have to laugh what
possible effect with this 12 hour state
of lawlessness have on crimes like
espionage and treason if people were
organized and first moving enough could
the United States be repatriated
to Britain Seoul to Mexico annexed by
Canada meanwhile immigration would be a
baffling quagmire outside of its borders
America’s laws and none laws wouldn’t
affect you but by crossing onto American
soil they would with all law and thus
unassumingly the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952 lifted the
notion of citizenship would be absent
meaning if you did cross the border
itself a legal construct they’d be knoll
all to say you’re not a citizen but what
about the next day are you now just an
undocumented American eighty-two percent
of federal prisons are state owned and
operated throughout the departments of
justice and are overseen by the Federal
Bureau of Prisons which by stature is a
federal law enforcement agency so if
cops have the night off what about
prison guards would we see mass jail
brace across the country probably on the
lighter side dumb laws would also be
lifted which means that new hampshirites
would be free to harvest seaweed at
night Alabamans would be free to wrestle
bears Fords of Missourians could pretend
to be blind North Dakotans could finally
box kangaroos and the men and women of
Broward County Florida could finally
sell hot dogs while wearing a g-string
but outside of legalizing flesh for the
most immoral of fantasies what else
would the purge do well it would
certainly free things up for the
casually criminal for a brief window
these people would be free to pirate
software films and TV shows on mass you
can park where your wants or drive as
fast as you like and as drunk idli as
you can manage
you’ll get naked in the library
meanwhile the underage could indulge in
a spot of brandy cigars and gentlemen’s
special interest literature or malt
murdering or attacking government
officials may very well be off-limits
but you could still use the pitch to
bring about social change after all the
rules don’t say you can’t offer a few
bribes and line a couple of pockets but
outside of greeting a well-heeled wheel
or two things get a bit grim with a bit
of calculation groups could launch
attacks against particular races
demographics or ideologies destroy
places of worship or education all
target the rich and influential in an
effort to redistribute the wealth
however with WMDs out of bounds and
tight timeframes in place the scope of
terrorism would be limited for the
would-be pager there would be so many
options available it would be hard to
know where to start
smart thinking would suggest having a
bit of a brainstorm and plan in advance
really think about the type of crimes
you’d want to commit decide if you want
to target anyone in particular you don’t
want to waste the night looting vending
machines and tipping cattle only to
remember at 6:50 you wanted to kill a
guy or steal a space shuttle
are you just holding on to the can your
point being
oddly the pitch would actually make
criminal conspiracy legal year round as
by definition it requires advanced
planning and discussion followed by an
execution of a criminal act thus if the
act takes place during the purge it
wasn’t criminal making actual conspiring
non conspiration ‘el and legal amid all
this bloodlust terror and violence the
homeless would be easy and unfortunate
victims however it’s possible that some
would use this state of lawlessness for
good and take it upon themselves to
defend the less capable or the heavily
targeted of course not everyone would
actively take part but turning off the
front light wouldn’t be much of a
deterrence like it or not there would be
no real way to sit out the purge it’s a
certainty that some would spend the
night vlogging their progress and sadly
they might just be on to something give
the usual law and penalties are back in
place in the morning you’d need to
thoroughly document your night’s
adventures lest your later accused of
committing your unspeakable deeds
outside of purge hours but while you’d
be free to commit all the criminal
activity you like others are free to
retaliates and justice may be swift and
brutal and while legal ramifications are
off the table the actual consequences of
your purge lis spree may be long coming
people who know or suspect that you
committed an act against them during the
purge would be free to do whatever they
can within the confines of the law to
destroy you your life and your
livelihood in the months that follow
alternatively they can always wait
patiently for next year’s purge we
technically already have a legally
sanctioned theater of horror and
violence war and as we know the terror
and trauma experienced on the
battlefield doesn’t always end there the
pooch may end but the effect on its
victims may not even by committing sex
crimes so far down the list as voyeurism
victim and perpetrator alike now have to
live with the knowledge that you’re a
total creep regardless of any legal
loopholes but after all this with the
toted positives of the Pidge ring true
no one not likely in the days leading up
to the Pidge some activity may decline
but as we’ve discussed some crimes just
won’t wait
either way crime is down the economy is
flourishing as for the economy while
it’s possible government spending may
change due to significant portions of
society’s lower ranks being wiped out
the idea that the stock market were
thrive with sales of weapons and
security systems is negated by the
annual 12-hour consequence-free
shoplifting of every conceivable product
on the markets that you are had a grand
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