You've lives quit a peaceful life, but what you advocate for means you'll be at the mercy of the warlord/crimelord with the most men and the best arms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVBcm9jA4t4
Because you want to steal things that don't belong to you and assault others for being successful because you think that their success somehow harms you
I currently live in a very peaceful community with almost no police. I happened to have one cop living next door to me for many years with no problems. My bother did call the cops once when his wife tried to instigate a ight and then decided to strike him when it didn't work. She got to visit the police overnight for that.
The town 20 minutes down the road has much more crime and more police. When I lived there I did actually need a cop at one point when someone did some crack and freaked out. One of my neighbors had her boyfriend beat her. Theft and fire where common.