this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2024
1017 points (98.1% liked)
Memes
45887 readers
1150 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Because as outlined culturally the police see themselves as the system itself, by nature of the job, as evidenced by their hostility towards the larger labor movement they're often tasked with breaking, something the vast majority of other union heavy vocations don't do, and are often given special carve outs when the labor movement and unionization are targeted legislatively precisely because it's their job to enforce those rules.
American police are more a capital defense force, and unlike the larger labor movement, have their priorities of being unaccountable to those they police backed by the state. They're the owner's special little boys/girls, they attract and recruit conservative minded power seekers who conflate legality with morality, and they like it that way. Note their awesome insurance, their massive starting salaries with high school education, they have little to complain about. Not to the owner's level at all, but they don't live in the same America most do.
They probably could take this country for themselves, but have you ever met a cop who wasn't a fan of structure for its own sake?