somethingsnappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoFirefighters and Police are socialism. Change my mind.message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down130
arrow-up1-12arrow-down1message-squareFirefighters and Police are socialism. Change my mind.somethingsnappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoDo firefighters and police own the means of production?? Someone doesn’t know the definition of socialism. At best these are social services. Also police literally have a long history of violently putting down unionization efforts despite having a union themselves.
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days ago Also police literally have a long history of violently putting down unionization efforts despite having a union themselves. Speaking of the police: they sometimes beat one of their own too, and nobody else would speak up as a witness. https://sh.itjust.works/post/41445902 (He is a Black American cop)
minus-squaresomethingsnappy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoAnd just like that, we find all the pro capitalists. Go beyond healthcare to another basic need, and it gets defended. No wonder we can’t push it the other way. We’d love to seize the means, but there has to be a path.
Do firefighters and police own the means of production??
Someone doesn’t know the definition of socialism. At best these are social services.
Also police literally have a long history of violently putting down unionization efforts despite having a union themselves.
Speaking of the police: they sometimes beat one of their own too, and nobody else would speak up as a witness.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/41445902
(He is a Black American cop)
And just like that, we find all the pro capitalists. Go beyond healthcare to another basic need, and it gets defended. No wonder we can’t push it the other way. We’d love to seize the means, but there has to be a path.