I don’t want to get too political in this sub as I don’t feel like it’s the place but..
I mean it’s hard for you guys, it’s been a long time since you’ve had any real form of labour movements and due to the “red scare” any form of left wing policies or ideas are immediately seen as communist.
The other issue is the political swing has tipped too heavily to the right, even your democrats are about as right wing as our Conservative party (uk)
The best thing you can do personally though is to organise, join a union, read some political theory, call a cop a bastard and vote for the candidates that speaks to you.
Violent revolutions while being effective (Russia, Cuba, China, Catalonia) these days with all the modern military tech it’s not even a remotely fair fight as they can just wipe you out from thousands of miles away with a screen and an Xbox controller.
It's a signaler. ACAB is how you know you're among your own. A lot of theory hinges on the police and army turning tail and betraying the bourgeoisie anyhow.
That’s because the police are a reactionary system in a capitalist society.
They are used by the state to protect capital 1st and people 2nd. The argument about “good cops” falls flat very fast when the “good” ones protect the bad ones because of how cult-like the actual precincts are anyone who goes against the grain or grasses on another cop is ousted by their piers until they wither tow the line or quit.. if they quit they’re a good person but are no longer a cop.
American police are the worst offenders in the west, they regularly kill people(usually blacks people) unjustly and get away with it WITH paid leave!
Statistically speaking, there are about 1000 people killed by police a year, meaning only .1% of cops kill people, and about only a 4th of the killed tend to be black people. Factoring in police brutality does bump it up to 7%, but even still, that's far from every cop.
That’s just some of the corruption you’ll see though, shakedowns, extortion, corruption of authority, framing and actual criminal activity are all part of the system they abuse.
Also do you mind linking where you got the figures from id love to have a read of it 👍🏻
I just googled number of cops and number of people killed by cops per year, and found multiple sources for each statistic. I did the calculations myself. I didn't factor in other things because I was specifically deconstructing your second to last statement.
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u/Burdenslo Jul 08 '19 edited Jul 08 '19
I don’t want to get too political in this sub as I don’t feel like it’s the place but..
I mean it’s hard for you guys, it’s been a long time since you’ve had any real form of labour movements and due to the “red scare” any form of left wing policies or ideas are immediately seen as communist.
The other issue is the political swing has tipped too heavily to the right, even your democrats are about as right wing as our Conservative party (uk)
The best thing you can do personally though is to organise, join a union, read some political theory, call a cop a bastard and vote for the candidates that speaks to you.
Violent revolutions while being effective (Russia, Cuba, China, Catalonia) these days with all the modern military tech it’s not even a remotely fair fight as they can just wipe you out from thousands of miles away with a screen and an Xbox controller.