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minus-squarecircuitfarmerlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 month agoGuns are useful for a fearful populace, to give them the illusion of some kind of control.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoHow’d Afghanistan turn out?
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down8·1 month agoThen why do cops have them?
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoCops love the illusion of control. That’s the job description
minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoIf cops only have the illusion of control then I still want whatever cops have.
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoAt the end of the day they just do as they are told. They report to someone
Guns are useful for a fearful populace, to give them the illusion of some kind of control.
How’d Afghanistan turn out?
Then why do cops have them?
For dogs, mostly.
Cops love the illusion of control. That’s the job description
If cops only have the illusion of control then I still want whatever cops have.
At the end of the day they just do as they are told. They report to someone
For state violence.