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> We vote by wallet for our cell service and we vote by ballot for our police budgets.

And you're free to start a new wireless company. But try starting a new police force and you'll get arrested. Not the same.



It is absolutely possible to create a new police force in the US, and not really that uncommon.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/creating-your-ow...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_police#United_States

In fact, schools are a good example of this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_police#United_States

Creating a new police force is probably not any harder than making an MVNO and probably much easier than acquiring spectrum to create a real wireless carrier.




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