Lenins_Dumbbell comments on United States regime officer violently bodyslams a womans on her face into a concussion for opposing datacenters

[–] Lenins_Dumbbell@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 days ago* (2 children)

I think you're missing a very critical element: All Cops

Each cop, as an individual, is part of the police force as an institution. The reason the institution remains is people keep joining it and becoming the very thing that perpetuates the existence of the institution.

People who joined the police force after everything thats been happening after George Floyd are decidedly class traitors.

Doesn't matter how noble your intentions are. If you join the SS in hopes that you'll change it from the within, it doesn't mean you were one of the good ones. It just means you didnt really want to oppose the Nazis, just turn them to your will

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[–] SirSmoothAES@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 6 days ago (1 child)

This precisely proves my point. Why the focus on cops as individuals when the point is that the police is rotten as an institution?

The reason the institution remains is not because individuals keep joining it, but because the capitalist class needs a stable social order in which dissent is suppressed.

So again, the problem is capitalism as a system of oppression, not a set of individuals that happen to do stuff for the sake of it.

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[–] Lenins_Dumbbell@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago

So you accept that the institutions remain, and that their existence keeps capitalism safe from a revolution.

If there was an actual revolution, the cops would do everything in their power to stop it, as they've shown time after time.

An institution that serves capitalist interests is terrible, but you can still hold the people who perpetuate that system accountable.

If you are a cop, and decide to protect capitalism against a revolution of the masses, you are a class traitor. That part is undebatable.

Cops, by the very nature of their role under capitalism, are class traitors. Even if they dont consciously make the choice, they are the enemies of the working class. Anything that creates a hurdle in the liberation of the working class is an enemy of the working class.

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