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Don't know why you are downvoted, you're 100% correct. Police do not exist to help individuals, they exist to maintain the state monopoly on violence and to pro
by carbadtraingood 4y ago
Don't know why you are downvoted, you're 100% correct. Police do not exist to help individuals, they exist to maintain the state monopoly on violence and to protect capital.
If individuals get any benefit from this it's either accidental or police trying to protect their image.
- astrange 4y agoThe anecdote above is about police not "protecting capital", stopping a store robber is "protecting capital" as opposed to "helping individuals".