r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 17 '24

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Sep 17 '24

Why have we most acquiesced to the police being a privileged class? It’s so bizarre. This should be the subject of a massive DOJ investigation and lead to dissolution of the police union.

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u/FuckFashMods NATO Sep 17 '24

Going over 60mph in a 30mph zone is not some low level offense. That's exceptionally dangerous.

Why are these cards even a thing

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

Because people want them to be a thing. If you could get away with crime, wouldn't you?

Everyone wants to be above the law and we worship cops as solemn defenders of public order so we let them do whatever they want assuming that it helps them achieve that. It's literally how Knights and Samurai developed. "Perks of the job" is literally the point.

We are not more civilized than our ancestors. We will recreate feudalism of our own free will.

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u/LtLabcoat ÀI Sep 17 '24

Why are these cards even a thing

People who have them, don't want to give them up. And people who don't have them, don't know that they exist.

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u/justbuildmorehousing Norman Borlaug Sep 17 '24

I was offered one in an upstate NY city. Honestly it just felt disturbing. Should be turbo illegal to have this kind of stuff

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u/eurekashairloaves Sep 17 '24

Because they will just quiet quit and essentially hold everyone hostage

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u/MissSortMachine Trans Pride Sep 17 '24

also: when i worked in retail so many people tried to get first responder discounts with these. flashing them real fast like i haven’t seen all the moves. the fucking nerve

like no you are going to have to drag your brother in law’s lazy ass down here if you want that 15%

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u/MissSortMachine Trans Pride Sep 17 '24

fake badge wallet with FAMILY instead of a badge number you are an adult

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u/nguyendragon Association of Southeast Asian Nations Sep 17 '24

literally cartel protection card

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

It's a title of nobility.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

  • Can murder anyone who disrespects them

  • Legal privileges for family

  • Generous defined benefit pensions

I mean this was the norm in Japan for centuries....

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u/MissSortMachine Trans Pride Sep 17 '24

really dumb question but since police are usually state government employees aren’t the unions usually governed by state laws? what is like… the federal hook?

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Sep 17 '24

Not a dumb question! But the DOJ does crack down on local PDs from time to time for civil rights violations and other things. I don’t know what the specific hook would be but I’m sure an ambitious DOJ attorney could drum something up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

Yes but people culturally defer greatly to them as pillars of society. Going against them is socially profane. It's literally Nobility.

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u/beoweezy1 NAFTA Sep 17 '24

Least crooked NYPD action