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Maybe true, but at a certain point you're just getting angry at the wind for blowing. The system is a scorpion: It cannot, will not go against its nature.
by Dilettante_ 1y ago
Maybe true, but at a certain point you're just getting angry at the wind for blowing. The system is a scorpion: It cannot, will not go against its nature.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y agoThey are a political force, not a force of nature. It is certainly reasonable to get angry at a political force even if their politics are predictable.
- fn-mote 1y agoAt this point it sounds like you have given up believing in checks and balances in politics. ETA: It’s complicated, but having you give up actually weakens the rule of law even more.
- standardUser 1y agoPolitics change, scorpions don't. Throw your hands up in and air and give up if you want, but don't pretend some poor analogy absolves you.
- const_cast 1y agoI don't think he's throwing his hands up in the air, rather he's implying we need more radical change. If we're going to be waiting around for police to become "good", that's not going to happen. We need to force them to become good.
- AcerbicZero 1y agoShow me the incentives and I will show you the outcome.
- Dilettante_ 1y agoThis guy gets it.
- NoGravitas 1y agoYes, this is why the slogan was "Abolish the Police". The replacement "Defund the Police" was entirely astroturfed by Democratic politicians who thought it was better optics (it wasn't).