If a police officer does something wrong. It does not matter what the evidence shows or what happens. All police everywhere stand firmly together and protect their brethren. We literally have police offers who have undeniably murdered people and yet other police still stand with their class and demand better treatment.

If workers had that level of solidarity things would be so much better. Instead we cheer when someone gets fired who “deserved” it.

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    21 days ago

    Their role in society is very different from workers. They protect the interests of capitalists. As such, they’re allowed to have solidarity, because it does not affect the ruling class negatively. Not so for the proletariat.

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      19 days ago

      What part of the child abuse investigations I did was protecting capitalists?

      Were the children secretly oligarchs? Even the 8 year old that was raped?

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        19 days ago

        Did I say -everything- cops do protects the ruling class? Do you think think I was saying that when a cop eats cereal in the morning or beats his wife, he’s protecting the ruling class?

        Speaking of protecting the ruling class and child abuse, why are you guys not going after the folks on Epstein’s list again?

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          18 days ago

          You said it was their “role in society.” That’s pretty broad.

          If you stepped on a bug last month, would you say your “role in society” is to kill animals? What about if you ate meat?

          If you bought a smartphone (or anything else) made in a sweatshop, bought an avocado, or bought chocolate, would you say your “role in society” is to support slavery and murder?