• magnetosphere@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    100% agree. Some of my “favorites” are police unions, when they go to bat for obvious criminals. You or I would go to jail under the same circumstances, but those assholes don’t even get a reprimand, and still have authority over others.

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      1 year ago

      Unions are meant to protect the people from overpowered companies. The police union instead protects an overpowered force against the will of the people.

      The police unions are absolutely antithetical to the idea of unions as a whole

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        Good point. I made the mistake of thinking that because “union” is in the name, it’s the same thing. It most definitely is not.