ITT: Americans generalizing about all cops, even in countries where they have to be trained properly. It’s a form of ‘False Consensus’
It is basic political science theory that the role of police is to do violence against members of a state on behalf of that state. That is their only fundamental role that can’t be done by anyone else. Everything else that cops do is a mixture of PR on one hand and misappropriated power on the other. Whatever you think your cops are doing for you could be done better by an organization that doesn’t exist to push your shit in.
Are you ok over there? Do you need something? Like healthcare and a social state?
Texas boggles my mind because it’s such a blue state with some of the deepest red politicians running the place.
A whole lot of empty land seems to have really important votes, since theirs seems to count for more than mine.
Congressional districts should have a perimiter-area ratio limit, and the largest district should not be allowed to contain 10% more people than the smallest district.
And that’s how you properly fuck, fuck, fuck the police.
Does being armed actually deter cops in Texas? In my home country being armed is more likely to alert cops
Yes, it deters the cops. You have to understand that many or most cops are paranoid, cowards, and bullies. They aren’t going around enforcing laws because they think that they need to uphold justice. Rather, they’re going around power tripping. And it’s not such a great power trip if you have to worry about getting shot because people think that you’re dirty.
Of course this is not true for all cops all the time, but it’s certainly true for many cops most of the time.
*American cops.
Everything you just said would not be true of, for example, Danish cops. Or French cops, for that matter.
The police are an arm of the state formed specifically for the purpose of maintaining a societies class structure because the laws they enforce are dictated by that societies ruling class. French and Danish cops absolutely will do whatever the state tells them because its their job, they are law enforcers not law interpreters. One day shit will go down hill for the French and Danish ruling class and when that happens they will use their law enforcers to maintain their standard of living which is to say their positions of power and wealth. This is very normal and becomes quite clear when you learn the history of labor and civil rights movements all over the world.
The French cops who brawled with firefighters and other protestors during the pension reform?
The French cops are notoriously dirty, my friend. They have their own similar issues. We saw this during the protests a while back, and that’s even international news…
A dozen armed people attract cops.
A couple hundred armed people repel cops.
