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[โ€“] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
  • permanent revolution;
  • that parties should be democratic institutions;
  • that burocratization leads to deformed proletarian states.
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[โ€“] araneae@beehaw.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its going to take hundreds or thousands of years to achieve A Better World and not three back-to-back election cycles that are shutouts for the right, nor one or two color revolutions. All of time since the French Revolution and the Enlightenement has been the blink of an eye in historical terms.

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[โ€“] 0x01@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

The acab movement has caused more harm than it has salved. Furthering the ideas that there are no good cops means that nobody good will become a cop in the future, furthering the issue

[โ€“] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Law enforcement is one of the last careers that still offers a pension, has a union that fights for its members, and is a good source of income without going into massive college debt.

Seems like something the left would be in love with, but systemic issues have demonized the entire profession. I think an influx on left-leaning officers would be great, but like politics- people who would be good at the job stay away from it.

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[โ€“] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

I lean pretty hard left who is also pro death-penalty (IN VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES)

  • If the case has absolutely been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

  • All appeals have been exhausted.

  • Proof is absolutely undeniable.

  • Guilty party shows no remorse.

  • Crime is suffiently heinous (mass murder, child killing, serial killers, etc...)

  • A legitimate psychiatric board has deemed that there is little to no chance at rehabilitation nor does the guilty party show any inclination to want to rehabilitate.

if ALL those things are true, (plus some that I haven't even considered) then I would rather execute them than pay for their living expenses for the rest of their natural life, or worse see them released at the end of their sentance absolutely knowing that they'll do it again.

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

A lifetime imprisonment can be more inhumane than a death sentence.

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(If there is enough solid proof ofc. You can't roll back a death penalty)

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[โ€“] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Voting is an important tool to help contain fascism in liberal democracies while building serious social movements. (Socialist - but hopefully this isn't actually unpopular with most socialists).

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