zubenelgenubi

I'm a star
have you heard of black self determination and worker self determination? they are both linked to this trial against a corrupt cop

Those are superficial categories that racists and classists try to impose on others as a means of dividing people and keeping them in line. That sort of thinking is one of the biggest problems in the world today and you folks celebrate it like it's a good thing.
 

rickyb

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Those are superficial categories that racists and classists try to impose on others as a means of dividing people and keeping them in line. That sort of thinking is one of the biggest problems in the world today and you folks celebrate it like it's a good thing.
the capitalists and the govts they control dont impose categories on us to divide us? LOL

worker self determination is not one of the biggest problems in america, most ppl have never heard of it, yet they love capitalism!

what did you think monty python was talking about.
 

zubenelgenubi

I'm a star
the capitalists and the govts they control dont impose categories on us to divide us? LOL

worker self determination is not one of the biggest problems in america, most ppl have never heard of it, yet they love capitalism!

what did you think monty python was talking about.

I'm sorry, I'll try to make my posts more understandable. It's thinking that people are defined by what they do for a living (classism) or the color of their skin (racism), that are the biggest problems. Classism and racism are the two pillars of the tenets of your world view.

Monty Python was making fun of the Aurtharian legend and communists by inserting communists into medieval England. It was funny.
 

rickyb

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So is it hard or easy not to get killed by a cop?
Police forces in the United States—which, according to The Washington Post, have fatally shot 782 people this year [2017]—are unaccountable, militarized monstrosities that spread fear and terror in poor communities. By comparison, police in England and Wales killed 62 people in the 27 years between the start of 1990 and the end of 2016.


Police officers have become rogue predators in impoverished communities. Under U.S. forfeiture laws, police indiscriminately seize money, real estate, automobiles and other assets. In many cities, traffic, parking and other fines are little more than legalized extortion that funds local government and turns jails into debtor prisons.


Because of a failed court system, millions of young men and women are railroaded into prison, many for nonviolent offenses. SWAT teams with military weapons burst into homes often under warrants for nonviolent offenses, sometimes shooting those inside. Trigger-happy cops pump multiple rounds into the backs of unarmed men and women and are rarely charged with murder. And for poor Americans, basic constitutional rights, including due process, were effectively abolished decades ago.




Jonathan Simon’s “Governing Through Crime” and Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow” point out that what is defined and targeted as criminal activity by the police and the courts is largely determined by racial inequality and class, and most importantly by the potential of targeted groups to cause social and political unrest. Criminal policy, as sociologist Alex S. Vitale writes in his new book, “The End of Policing,” “is structured around the use of punishment to manage the ‘dangerous classes,’ masquerading as a system of justice.”

 

wilberforce15

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Police forces in the United States—which, according to The Washington Post, have fatally shot 782 people this year [2017]—are unaccountable, militarized monstrosities that spread fear and terror in poor communities. By comparison, police in England and Wales killed 62 people in the 27 years between the start of 1990 and the end of 2016.


Police officers have become rogue predators in impoverished communities. Under U.S. forfeiture laws, police indiscriminately seize money, real estate, automobiles and other assets. In many cities, traffic, parking and other fines are little more than legalized extortion that funds local government and turns jails into debtor prisons.


Because of a failed court system, millions of young men and women are railroaded into prison, many for nonviolent offenses. SWAT teams with military weapons burst into homes often under warrants for nonviolent offenses, sometimes shooting those inside. Trigger-happy cops pump multiple rounds into the backs of unarmed men and women and are rarely charged with murder. And for poor Americans, basic constitutional rights, including due process, were effectively abolished decades ago.




Jonathan Simon’s “Governing Through Crime” and Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow” point out that what is defined and targeted as criminal activity by the police and the courts is largely determined by racial inequality and class, and most importantly by the potential of targeted groups to cause social and political unrest. Criminal policy, as sociologist Alex S. Vitale writes in his new book, “The End of Policing,” “is structured around the use of punishment to manage the ‘dangerous classes,’ masquerading as a system of justice.”

So is it hard or easy not to get killed by a cop?
 
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