• b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The police are there to protect the business interests of the richest man in the world.

    They call regular people “terrorists” for daring to stand up to fascism in any small way.

    They start a manhunt for the murder of the CEO of a health insurance company while ignoring the murders of countless regular people every day.

    Private property is protected, while it’s been made illegal to be homeless.

    What a sick and decrepit society.

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    That seems like a huge inefficiency, DOGE should eliminate it.

  • Binky@lemmy.sdf.org
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    This really does illustrate the idea that police aren’t there to “serve and protect.” They are there to keep the common people in line so that the rich can stay safe.

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      Mask off moment. Their purpose is to protect capital. The only crimes that cops prevent are through deterrence because they are crime punishers, not crime preventers.

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        they are crime punishers, not crime preventers.

        This isn’t unique to the US. It is called law enforcement so even if it wasn’t a completely broken and horseshit system crime prevention would not be part of their purview.

        You prevent/reduce crime by addressing the underlying societal issues that are contributing to it.

  • Nfamwap@lemmy.world
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    The country was founded on the principle that the primary role of government is to protect property from the majority

    • and so it remains
  • ServeTheBeam@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Republicans doing things to stop people from destroying cars but not children in schools. “Family values” party.

  • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com
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    5 hours ago

    Terrorism is scaring/harming people to manipulate government.

    Tesla is neither government nor their property damage is scaring people.

    More trumped-up charges.

    (It is hilariously fitting Trump the man and Trump the word fit so gand-in-hand)