Like whats the root cause here?
They signed up for the job of violently enforcing existing power structures.
They self-selected for
racismfacism.Both.
It was autocorrected :-/
But yes.
Oh i see! Got it.
It’s due to their function. Lots of people make the mistake of viewing it as a moral category and judge each cop individually as a result rather than as an organ of capitalist state power, and their own survival hinges on fulfilling this function and following state orders (because wage labor).
John from your neighborhood might be a nice guy and a good cop, but if there’s ever a serious enough general strike, he’ll be there to beat up the workers.
John will also evict your neighbor familiy, help deport your buddy from across the street, enforce drug laws that criminalize an addiction, protect the politicians and capitalists, will be part of a system that is absolutely useless in dealing with abusers and and and…
Their job is to enforce the current social order and its power relations and in accordance with that ally and are protected from consequences by the the bourgeois as they do their job of helping them remain in power.
Origin, training, hiring practices, lack of accountability, militarization… there are so many reasons, honestly. Its hard to pick one because its more like a convergence than a singular root cause.
Edit: You know what? I’m going to revise my answer.
Capitalism. Final answer.
Capitalism. Final answer.
Cops where also bastards in socialist states. They just defended a different ruling class
A ruling class that was / is hoarding wealth though, unless there is an example I’m not thinking of I think it still fits.
Also we are talking root cause, so still a fit. Modern policing originates from capitalism and the protection of capital, so it works in that way as well.
I’m still good with my answer
I just wanted to add that because many people tend to believe that the police will be “good” when socialist or communists take over the state.
Some people believe a centuries-dead palestinian dude who was executed by the imperialist state will take them to paradise or cure their cancer if they do enough zionism.
I met a lady last week who believed aliens built the pyramids and chatgpt is akready agi.
Oh, gotcha
Definitely in agreement on that, there would still be the issues I mentioned to start regardless of their origination, but especially if they are modeled on the current design
I mean, in America, it did start out to catch runaway slaves. So, I guess protecting private property has always been there thing. They just tried to have PR branding in the 70s that they serve and protect communities. False.
we should start calling them slavecatchers
You cant make a man understand what his paycheck depends on him not understanding, and that applies to pigs just as well as men.
Plus theres a pretty strong selection bias. Most of those assholes would become firefighters or less prestigious gangsters in a sane world
This is not the root cause, but exacerbates the problem: the majority of them are juicing. Steroids. Makes a person aggressive if the situation is correct for it.
Shit you’re right. Is there a thing to bias them shitty that doesn’t apply?
Root cause? Capitalism.
Their position of protecting property and not people, simple as. People who choose people over property, do not become cops. It is a simple filter that selects for bastards.
Well, if you watch body cam stuff on the tubes. It’s definitely not universal. There are some really good cops and then motherfucking wastes of life caught planting drugs and lying and even killing presumably innocent people …
Those ‘good cops’ are just the defensive line of the other guys.
Because they’re granted a monopoly on violence by the state, and exercise that right.
