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u/suddenly_seymour 8d ago
RATM said it best
"there's a strike and a line of cops outside of the mill
Cause there's a right to obey and there's the right to kill"
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u/Silent_Leader_9000 TN 7d ago
Also RATM:
"Fuck the G-rides. I want the machines that are making them"
Seize the means of production, y'all.
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u/Nacho_Papi 7d ago
What's ACAB and who's RATM?? Is everything an acronym nowadays?
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u/19_more_minutes 7d ago
All cops are bastards. "Rage against the machine", a anti-establishment band, excellent music
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u/yeahimadeviant83 7d ago
Don’t forget Bad Religion! ✊🏽
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u/pil0tinthesky 7d ago
Rage against the machine has been popular for over 20 years
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u/birddit 7d ago
You can find the definition of almost any acronym by searching for word slang.
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u/Nacho_Papi 7d ago
Ain't nobody got time for that.
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u/Dream--Brother 7d ago
Most people who know how to use the internet have time for that. It's how the rest of us find information without having to ask dumb questions in comment sections.
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u/HappyMeteor005 8d ago
protect and serve the rich.
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u/Gold_Cauliflower_706 7d ago
This revolution needs to happen before they start replacing people with robots. And soon even these cops will also be replaced. I can see it happening so 3Ds needs to happen soon.
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u/Sean_theLeprachaun 8d ago
The only union they give a shit about is their own.
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u/Kgriffuggle 7d ago
My dad was a cop, who retired early thanks to his union, and that union contract got him so many perks he makes way more now than he did while a cop.
He hates unions.
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u/Savenura55 7d ago
These are union members hurting other unions. Disband the police unions if they have no solidarity
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u/RiskyBrothers 7d ago edited 7d ago
Police unions are not unions because police are not workers. They neither produce or transform any goods or capital. Therefore, they have no disagreement with their superiors over how much they are paid out of what they produce, as their superiors do not pay them out of potential profits, the taxpayer pays them with little recourse to negotiate.
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u/Stevie_Steve-O 8d ago
Cops exist to keep the masses inline. They protect corporate interest and serve the upper class. Fuck these clowns and their corporate overlords
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u/dj0ntimusprime 7d ago
They’re the dogs herding sheep because the sheep don’t realize dogs can be trampled.
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u/Stevie_Steve-O 7d ago
Those cops are busting up a strike to protect Amazon's profits. Also if you think the police are on your side over the states/mega corporations then you are dead wrong partner.
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u/P47r1ck- 7d ago
That’s the thing cops are supposed to do. Yet they go way beyond that. The fact that I disapprove of all the extra bullshit cops pull doesn’t mean I deny the need for their primary function of protecting victims and investigsting crimes
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u/JoeSavinaBotero 7d ago
Buddy, that's literally what guns are for. The cops will take minutes to get there. You don't have that kind of time. You gather you and your family and hide in a room and point your gun at the door. Announce loudly and repeatedly to the intruder that you've got a gun and they need to leave immediately. If the intruder has any brains, they'll leave. If they're dumb, you may be forced to shoot them and that's a terrible day for everyone.
In either case, the only thing the cops will do in most situations is show up after and collect evidence and statements. This isn't even a knock on cops. It's just a reality of the fact that response times are measured in minutes and life-or-death situations transpire over seconds.
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u/Striking-Ad-837 7d ago
Oh no, who will turn up 15mins afterwards and say there's nothing to be done?
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u/Deus_Norima 7d ago
Entirely different scenario. Not sure why you think it matters that you need to call cops when you're under threat of murder vs calling cops to intimidate workers into no longer striking. They can still be bastards of the status quo in both scenarios, even if they are potentially helpful in one of those scenarios.
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u/RegressToTheMean 7d ago
"Helpful"
Uvalde police have entered the chat...and wait around while children are slaughtered
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u/OnePunchHuMan 7d ago
Don't be an idiot. Calling the cops puts you in danger of being shot by them.
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u/stankdog 7d ago
Remember Sonya Massey? Who called officers when she thought an intruder was trying to break into her home?
When the officers showed up , barged into her home, took her for a junkie because it was night and she was tired. Then shot her because THE OFFICERS felt threatened by this skinny woman in a house robe and pot of hot water?
This fucking argument doesn't work anymore, this whole belief that oh you'll support the police once crimes are being enacted upon you shit is WRONG. Officers aren't always showing up to help, they don't solve every crime not even 50% of crimes against civilians, and what's to stop them from shooting me instead of the intruder?
Take this take and shove it.
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u/ahedgehog 7d ago
You hate corrupt authorities yet don’t have the millions of dollars in resources allotted to them to defend yourself against a criminal? Checkmate liberal
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u/CrystlBluePersuasion NY 7d ago
"people who don't logic the way I do/don't shouldn't be allowed to vote"
-You, in between gargling Amazon cumloads because you can't be bothered to touch grass for your shopping.
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u/stankdog 7d ago
Literally also, any chain store like a target or Walmart will have 5 air fryers to choose from. Dense ass.
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u/BigDaddyUKW 8d ago
What are they even protecting? Are the picketers rioting, looting, beating up scabs? I'm at a loss here.
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u/Miserable-Lizard 8d ago
They are breaking the strike
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u/BigDaddyUKW 8d ago
Yup, always protecting those super vulnerable corporations!
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u/Wadmania 7d ago
Yeah, where do you think all the taxes come from to pay their salaries?... oh wait
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u/JustpartOftheterrain 8d ago
Sorry, but how does making a line around the amazon site break the strike?
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u/prosthetic_foreheads 8d ago
Police are the publicly funded army that exists for the protection of billionaires and their best interests, and no one else. They only protect others from time to time to maintain their facade and attempt to keep society from falling apart, which would hurt the billionaires' wallets and ultimately get a bunch of them killed.
A billionaire owns this company. They are protecting his interests.
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u/silverfoxmagicbox 8d ago
Bootlickers
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u/glyde53 8d ago
They have always deployed at the will of the rich. One of their reasons for existence is fighting labor protesters
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u/Pepperminteapls 7d ago
If it wouldn't be the police then what's next, the military?
The rich are out of control while Trump's literally shitting his diaper.
Diaper Donny gone and shit himself again.
Who's the poor fuck that's gotta clean that mess? Definitely not a union job.
For real though these times are fucked. Fight tooth and nail or gtfo while you still can
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u/boot2skull 7d ago
The police union should always side with other unions or unionizing efforts. Oh wait this is America.
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u/thething931 7d ago
Wish cops would realize that the rich see them as a means to an end like us. Maybe then cops wouldn't be such bastards.
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u/Tedmccann 7d ago
This reminds me of seeing the pictures of the coal miners striking against the coal companies in the 1960’s just to get a decent wage. It’s terrible that we have come full circle. No wonder people are angry.
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u/thedirtypeloton 8d ago
What is a caltrop? For 1000, Alex.
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u/A_Rogue_GAI 7d ago
It'd be a real shame if somebody accidentally put water in those van's gas tanks.
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u/Murky-Instance4041 7d ago
Why do people hate the police? We are here to protect them! No you protect a handful of people, and not the public.
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u/MegaManZer0 8d ago
Of all the offensive shit cops do, making sure people who still want to do their job can do so isn't one of them.
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u/BrianRLackey1987 7d ago
I'm already supporting a Progressive Candidate for NYC Mayor, I just forgot his name, unfortunately.
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