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Fine, maybe some individual cops somewhere are good in their heart of hearts. I'm even willing to entertain that the ones in Germany are mostly so (at least thi
by ElevenLathe 4y ago
Fine, maybe some individual cops somewhere are good in their heart of hearts. I'm even willing to entertain that the ones in Germany are mostly so (at least this decade), but the real meaning of ACAB is that /it is not possible to be a good cop, even if you are a good person/. The /concept of policing/, however implemented, is inherently fascistic, classist, and racist. Police are tasked with keeping order among the hoi polloi but not the ruling class. They are always and everywhere an instrument of entrenched power (private, public, or mixed as befits the particular time and place).
- marginalia_nu 4y agoThe concept of policing is to be measured against the alternative, which is a state that does not have a monopoly on violence. The warlordism that emerges in such a scenario makes the low grade fascism of a police force seem absolutely utopian in comparison. The police, however corrupt, need to at least superficially appear to uphold law and justice. Warlords do not.