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Just because something is a law doesn't make it legitimate. Virtually no one thinks violent cops are always justified in enforcing the law, like during civil ri
by calibraxis 15y ago
Just because something is a law doesn't make it legitimate. Virtually no one thinks violent cops are always justified in enforcing the law, like during civil rights struggles, or revolutions we happen to like. And when it comes to enemy nations, conventional wisdom is that the whole government has no legitimacy, and should be violently overthrown. (And when convenient, we send in a military which may kill cops and their employers left and right; then we replace the laws with ones which suit us more.)
In this case, cops are used to enforce that bosses control the factory, not the workers. But it could work the other way around.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoBut it could work the other way around. And if the factory bosses were doing something illegal, the cops tried to stop them, and someone died in the scuffle, I would not immediately jump to the conclusion that the cops murdered him at the behest of the union. It wouldn't take a lot to convince me - I'm generally very critical of cops, particularly in India. But some evidence is needed.