They’re illegal in many other countries
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verdigris@lemmy.ml 20 hours agoPolice unions are the only bad union.
floo@retrolemmy.com 19 hours ago
Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
Yes, unions are too democratic, too humane. Police should have only one goal – to protect the government from peons. You can’t risk the police having any resemblance to humans. This might lead to failure in the main goal achievement.
floo@retrolemmy.com 19 hours ago
Cops aren’t exploited workers, they are armed agents of the state. They are not your friends, allies, etc. And whether or not they are human is entirely debatable. I’ve never seen any evidence to suggest it.
Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Yes, that is exactly what I’m saying.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 19 hours ago
They have representation in other ways. For instance in Britain, where it is illegal for police to unionise, there is instead a government-funded Police Federation, which independently advocates for police working conditions and supplies advice and representation for police in disciplinary affairs. The main difference from a union is that it is free to members and that police are not allowed to go on strike.
kobra@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
So bad in fact, they’ve often made me wonder if any union is worth it if that’s the risk of what they could become.
ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
With that mindset, why bother living or leaving the bed? Imagine the worst day you could have, why risk it?
kobra@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
Sure, take it 100% literally. Don’t relate to the thought process at all.
You all can’t be serious in that you haven’t thought the same thing. I didn’t say it 100% makes all unions bad I just shared a thought I occasionally have because of how bad the police union is in America.
But yeah let’s fight with each other about it instead of eating the rich, good plan.
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ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
Your though process is wrong. You need to backpedal it. One bad apple doesn’t mean we should burn the orchard. And you can perverse anything good into an abomination.
eat the rich
How you want to do that without unions? Dude, saying out loud
[I wonder] if any union is worth it if that’s the risk of what they could become.
Is not helping anyone.
Take an L and do better.
grue@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
All labor unions are good. Police unions are not.
This is because police unions are not labor unions, since police are not labor but rather the enforcers for the owner class.