somethingsnappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agoFirefighters and Police are socialism. Change my mind.message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down120
arrow-up1-3arrow-down1message-squareFirefighters and Police are socialism. Change my mind.somethingsnappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-29 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-up6arrow-down1·9 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)
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)