as much as people don’t want to admit there is a price for everything even human life. Exaggeration but if we spend $1B on enforcement and only save 1 kid that isn’t worth it.
The issue I'm getting at is that when every individual has to act as their own(and their own kids) security force, that's more expensive than pooling your resources for some police!
Even more efficient than being forced to pool your resources is to choose to pool your resources.
There are examples of private police forces protecting the homeless or people who can’t pay.
Just like you don’t have to grow your own food or make your own car or make your own computer. You could pay for varying levels of defense.
If it is more efficient to pool resources (as I think it is too) then people in the market will pool resources (like most all companies that exists now).
I'm all about having local police only. A city can be a good little unit if the people care about the upkeep. If police are beyond 1 degree of separation you start getting problems.
