Dubois_arache,
@Dubois_arache@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

very few*

TransplantedSconie,

Like zero.

Jaysyn,
@Jaysyn@kbin.social avatar

Only if they don't vote for .

Introversion,

If they don’t want to vote for fascists, they shouldn’t be in the Republican party.

Narrrz,

some republicans are good people in the same way some cops are good cops.

... ARAC

ivanafterall,
@ivanafterall@kbin.social avatar

All Republicans Are Cops?

rynzcycle,

Somehow less awkward than if he got it right...

Narrrz,

you got the last letter of the C-word right, but it's one letter too short.

ivanafterall,
@ivanafterall@kbin.social avatar

All Republicans Are Chops

SuckMyWang,

Good analogy. Imagine if there were no good cops

Narrrz,

unfortunately, I entirely lack imagination. happily, however, this is not a case where one is needed.

ReCursing,
@ReCursing@kbin.social avatar

There are a few but we must assume all cops are bastards as a matter of self defence because the consequences of being wrong about it are atrocious. But you know that, don't you?

SuckMyWang, (edited )

I do but I’m open to there being good ones. Assume they’re bad but be open to the idea there might be good ones

ReCursing,
@ReCursing@kbin.social avatar

Any individual cop may prove they specifically are not bad right now, but keep your guard up because it only takes a bad day to change that, and/or the system and constant exposure to bad cops and stupid laws and criminals to grind them down

Ghost33313,
@Ghost33313@kbin.social avatar

The good ones are usually very misguided people, oblivious to what they are really up to in my experience.

AI_toothbrush,

Yeah but they are stupid. Its the same in my country. People are simply sheep so they vote for the person who they see the most in ads and thats the guy who distroyed our economy and does racist and homophobic stuff…

CountryBreakfast,
@CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml avatar

How can something so vague and superfluous be reality shattering?

MenKlash, (edited )
@MenKlash@kbin.social avatar

Every person who think that their vote (in a representative democracy) matters, is a victim of the illusion of universal participation in the use of institutional coercion, that is, the state.

However, what makes the state different from other coercive entities, such as organized crime groups, is that it enjoys some form of popular legitimacy. In other words, in addition to enslaving its inhabitants physically, it needs to secure their mental servitude as well.

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