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| Topic | French Police Threaten to join protestors, demand better pay + conditions |
| averagejoel 12/20/18 9:19:39 PM #83: | A Novel Idea posted... I have very little regard for the police, a class of people who serve to exercise the state's monopoly on violence and generally act to protect the interests of the state. I don't see much revolutionary potential in the police as I do the military, for example. I think this is a good development though. What do you think are the longer-term implications of this averagejoel? regardless of revolutionary potential within the police (I'm with you in that I don't see much, if any), they're the ones tasked with maintaining the status quo. For all intents and purposes, they're the last line of defense for the ruling class. If they join the protestors (or even stop working), it's pretty much over. That being said, I'm skeptical of any cops that seem to be supporting the class interests of the workers, as should the protestors themselves. I don't know how much co-ordination within the group is actually required for things like that, or how much it could be disrupted by a plant (or a group of plants) but it's absolutely a possibility. I'll be keeping a close eye on these protests in the coming weeks though --- peanut butter and dick ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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