• Star Wars Enjoyer @lemmygrad.ml
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    11 months ago

    average US liberal: “I’d hate to live in an authoritarian police state like Russia”

    also average US liberal: “Though it is bad that the police are militarized and have constant access to everything we do at all times without the need for a warrant, we’re not in a police state”

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    11 months ago

    I’ve been visiting the USA for 2 days now and I’ve seen more cops than I ever did in 6 months in China. Not to mention most cops in China aren’t armed, and are actually helpful and friendly rather than intimidating.

    I always feel much safer and more comfortable in China than in the US, both from law enforcement/the state as well as other randoms.

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      11 months ago

      Every time I hear about AES cops, it’s about how nice and actually helpful they are.

      That says a lot about who and what is being ‘served and protected’ in capitalist countries, it’s definitely not the people.

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    Its all proyection, always. And when you call them out, they immediately fall back on “whataboutism” 😔

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    Pff, amatures, here in brazil we have a huge branch of the police that is actually named Military Police, all pretense has been thrown out over here, there is a war against the people, hence military police. They get some points for honesty, just kidding military police deserves no points.