db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 24 hours agoWho to Call for Help When You Don’t Want to Call the Copswww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-216 hours agoYes it is what you said. The police in all countries exist specifically to do violence against citizens of that country. That is literally their reason for existing. You said they’re there to carry out violence on citizens. That’s not what the police are or should be for. If you have services available other than the police, it is in your interest to prefer those. No. You’re again thinking police are violent thugs everywhere.
minus-squarefinderscult@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-215 hours agoNo, you’re still misunderstanding. Police explicitly exist to do violence on behalf of the state. That is their exclusive function, everywhere, at all times. If you do not need violence against your fellow citizens, do not call the police.
Yes it is what you said.
You said they’re there to carry out violence on citizens. That’s not what the police are or should be for.
No. You’re again thinking police are violent thugs everywhere.
No, you’re still misunderstanding. Police explicitly exist to do violence on behalf of the state. That is their exclusive function, everywhere, at all times.
If you do not need violence against your fellow citizens, do not call the police.