Excellent article John. The photos are most revealing
While the police serve a few useful social functions (which could be easily replaced by the working classes if empowered to do so), their main purpose is to enforce the status quo which in this social system of vast inequality means social repression and the armed use of force when required.
So without addressing the source of this vast inequality (Capitalism) the calls for "defunding the police" are farcical. And these bourgeois politicians are wedded to the current system and have no intention of such "defunding". It's just another slogan meant to ameliorate the tensions created by the system without the least intention to address the underlying problem which requires revolutionary change.
Excellent article John. The photos are most revealing
While the police serve a few useful social functions (which could be easily replaced by the working classes if empowered to do so), their main purpose is to enforce the status quo which in this social system of vast inequality means social repression and the armed use of force when required.
So without addressing the source of this vast inequality (Capitalism) the calls for "defunding the police" are farcical. And these bourgeois politicians are wedded to the current system and have no intention of such "defunding". It's just another slogan meant to ameliorate the tensions created by the system without the least intention to address the underlying problem which requires revolutionary change.
Thank you. You are right.