“The cruelty is the point” of campus protest crackdowns
https://redphoenixnews.com/2024/05/01/opinion-the-cruelty-is-the-point-of-campus-protest-crackdowns/
https://redphoenixnews.com/2024/05/01/opinion-the-cruelty-is-the-point-of-campus-protest-crackdowns/
8 Comments
sramder@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y
Strongly disagree.
gregorum@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 2y
The full quote:
Yeah… it’s definitely both. Although… an enforcement brigade is required for any authoritarian regime to work, not just a capitalist one…
Parabola@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Whatever that means.
sramder@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I was scratching my head too…
Parabola@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
They are evil, but that doesn't come out of nowhere. It comes from needing to violently enforce the demands of an oppressive, exploitive system.
sramder@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
I’m still not entirely convinced people don’t join just so they can be dicks with impunity and collect a top tier salary/benefits package… I know there are good people too, but it’s hard to believe in the system as a whole lately.
But simply blaming capitalism is shortsighted. Which isn’t what you said, but I feel it’s worth stating. Incomplete theories lead to imperfect solutions and policing in this country is in desperate need of reforms.
Beetlejuice001@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 2y
Shortsighted. Cruelty is a bonus. The 1% are manufacturing social culture wars to enable slavery
Woozythebear@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
But but democracy is on the line