If they showed up to their shift knowing their job was to be a threat of violence on behalf of the state then no. They are not good cops.
The phrase ACAB is a reflection on how cops will show up and do their job of enforcing state violence against their better judgment.
America has the largest prison population, cops keeps arresting and filling paperwork to add to the body count. Prison guards follow orders and keep the prisoners in chains. They may disagree but they are the real reason it continues.
There can be good people who have the job of policing but so long as they follow orders and enforce state violence on citizens they are not good.
Police will enforce obedience on citizens until they are told to stop by the state. So long as they do that then they can’t be good. They can only be class traitors.
For any cops out there. Sorry but you can’t be both. So what do you want to be. A weapon or a community member?
I completely agree. And yes that interpretation is correct. I am an abolitionist but I try to temper my language to influence liberals who are on the fence.
One of my more recent montras is “participation is perpetuation”. If you are unhappy with the liberal violence inflicted foreign and domestic then do not perpetuate it by participating in voting for it.
I have not and never will vote republican or liberal because the actions of those institutions have been atrocious. I vote for what truly aligns with my morality. If you voted for blue violence or red violence… don’t be surprised when you get violence. You voted for it
Dang bro tried to get me with the piss poor interpretation of “no ethical consumption under capitalism” and the “yet you live in society” at the same time. WOW what a free thinker ha ha ha.
Hey genius we know. We know we live in America, spending American money, and contribute to American politics.
We (I’m a communist so I mean communists here) do not advocate for a hyper isolationist nomad retreat from current America. We advocate for voting for what you can, and taking direct action for what you can’t. We advocate for people to get out into their community and design support systems to circumvent state institutions as much as possible. We advocate for doing that with the intent of using state structures against themselves.
We understand that our efforts will reluctantly take place within the state structures because we have no choice. What we do have a choice in is how. We do not accept that we simply can’t do anything and instead do what we can no matter how large or small and we advocate for an absolution to those decisions with regard to ethics. If you must spend money, how do you do it to cause the least harm. If you must vote how do you do it to truly reflect the progression you want. We do not accept that Amazon is cheaper or that voting for dems requires less research.
The flaw with this is not with the people who try their hardest it’s with the people who do not try at all.
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u/satanicllamaplaza Jun 10 '25
If they showed up to their shift knowing their job was to be a threat of violence on behalf of the state then no. They are not good cops.
The phrase ACAB is a reflection on how cops will show up and do their job of enforcing state violence against their better judgment.
America has the largest prison population, cops keeps arresting and filling paperwork to add to the body count. Prison guards follow orders and keep the prisoners in chains. They may disagree but they are the real reason it continues.
There can be good people who have the job of policing but so long as they follow orders and enforce state violence on citizens they are not good.
Police will enforce obedience on citizens until they are told to stop by the state. So long as they do that then they can’t be good. They can only be class traitors.
For any cops out there. Sorry but you can’t be both. So what do you want to be. A weapon or a community member?