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> When cops feel unwanted and disrespected they act accordingly. Strange, when service workers act that way, they either start pretending that they are helpfu
by vkou 4y ago
> When cops feel unwanted and disrespected they act accordingly.
Strange, when service workers act that way, they either start pretending that they are helpful and respected, or they get fired.
And as for cops, they've been useless for a very long time, certainly prior to the events of the past few years. The tantrum they throw every time they are subjected to any oversight is purely performative.
- jshzglr 4y agoMajority of the service workers I encounter are royally pissed at the world so I'm not sure that checks out on my end. And it boggles my mind that someone can truly believe "cops are useless". Go found your own society and see how long you last without law enforcement.
- jshzglr 4y agoI'm genuinely curious, what do you propose to replace them with if anything at all?
- vkou 4y agoNo need to replace them, I just want them to actually be legally held to at least the same standards the rest of us are. They routinely get away with assault and perjury, because they are in bed with both oversight bodies and the prosecutors. It's an insane conflict of interest that wouldn't be appropriate for a burger-flipper, let alone someone with a gun and a license to swing it around in people's faces. I'll also point out that it's a really stupid idea to send an armed gunmen to do, say, a wellness check, but that's a marginal problem, not a root cause.
- cudgy 4y agoMaybe you can show them how it’s done? Sounds like you have a great deal of experience.
- vkou 4y agoYes, that's the sure fire way to reform an organization that's corrupted by the external incentives that it operates in, and that punishes and drives out decent people joining it. Don't like the homeless camp in the park near you? Have you tried pitching your tent there, and reforming it? Don't like Russia getting truculent? Go there and fix it. Don't like Amazon behaving unethically? Join it as a janitor and fix it from the inside. What a conversation ender.
- cudgy 4y agoSeems reasonable to expect someone to have at least some experience in an area before laying down strong criticisms and suggestions for how it needs to be overhauled. Otherwise, yes, it is a futile, speculative conversation.