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let me give that list another pass… * Unbelievable benefits, poor hours * Carte blanc opportunity to deliver violence on anyone you hate * Must make split se

let me give that list another pass… * Unbelievable benefits, poor hours * Carte blanc opportunity to deliver violence on anyone you hate * Must make split second life and death decisions, and you've qualified immunity to protect you even from deliberate wrongdoings * You will be joining a team whose reputation is so miserable that they're asked to record everything; those cameras can be turned off or trashed. * If you fail to follow your training perfectly, you're probably going to be able to keep your job through to retirement anyway. Can you imagine what kinds of people take jobs like this? One thing that you and I agree on — in a more gentle society, police departments would work. We've spent the past forty years dismantling society, tearing the copper wiring out of every support structure for the lower class, and driven people deeper into poverty. If we didn't create a society that required stormtroopers to keep order, we wouldn't have this kind of crime or need stormtroopers.

taylodl 4y ago
Your last point is very illuminating - If we didn't create a society that required stormtroopers to keep order, we wouldn't have this kind of crime or need stormtroopers.
mc32 4y ago
I feel that people in the lower stratum haven't so much as gotten poorer but rather the other strata have gotten relatively much richer. However, there are areas in the lower stratum where the rug has been pull out from them in the form of jobs exports (sending MFG overseas) as well as depressing wages via low-skill immigration --these immigrants put price pressure on the native population due to the expanded worker pool.
pmoriarty 4y ago
"Carte blanc opportunity to deliver violence on anyone you hate" "Must make split second life and death decisions, and you've qualified immunity to protect you even from deliberate wrongdoings" There was a good Radiolab episode on training that police are given on how to convince juries that they were afraid for their life when they fired their weapons, because the law gives them immunity in that case.

taylodl 4y ago

Your last point is very illuminating - If we didn't create a society that required stormtroopers to keep order, we wouldn't have this kind of crime or need stormtroopers.

mc32 4y ago

I feel that people in the lower stratum haven't so much as gotten poorer but rather the other strata have gotten relatively much richer. However, there are areas in the lower stratum where the rug has been pull out from them in the form of jobs exports (sending MFG overseas) as well as depressing wages via low-skill immigration --these immigrants put price pressure on the native population due to the expanded worker pool.

pmoriarty 4y ago

"Carte blanc opportunity to deliver violence on anyone you hate" "Must make split second life and death decisions, and you've qualified immunity to protect you even from deliberate wrongdoings" There was a good Radiolab episode on training that police are given on how to convince juries that they were afraid for their life when they fired their weapons, because the law gives them immunity in that case.