Yeah, but the alternative now is a private sector dedicated to forcibly removing people from places. I agree with your sentiment, I personally think cops need to be reminded of the fact they’re civil servants, but I also don’t want private security conducting evictions.
Sorry, no. The alternative is to not have private ownership of capital. Why do so many people who fully know how terrible capitalism is just refuse to imagine a world without it?
Organize your community. It’s super fucking hard because American’s are alienated and atomized to fuck, but it doesn’t even have to be political at first. Literally just get out of the house and join a group of people. Once you have some ties to your community, start talking to the group about politics. Or if you are lucky enough to live in an area that already has a socialist organization, join that. It all starts with community organization, which will take lots of time, maybe even more time than our lifetimes. But one fact is undeniably true: society will never get better if we all just keep doing our own thing.
Ok, but even granting that in theory could eventually render the how evictions work question moot, so that we don’t even have to think about whether police would be in that position in not, it’s not a practical answer in this specific context.
Until you get rid of evictions, of the bad options law enforcement is one of the less bad options. We shouldn’t let evictions happen the worst way possible just because we are holding out for the perfect scenario where evictions don’t exist.
I mean ok, but also realistically the political will to change how evictions work not only doesn’t exist, but it literally can’t exist under capitalism. The state serves money, and all of the people with money are happy with how evictions work.
Yeah, but the alternative now is a private sector dedicated to forcibly removing people from places. I agree with your sentiment, I personally think cops need to be reminded of the fact they’re civil servants, but I also don’t want private security conducting evictions.
Sorry, no. The alternative is to not have private ownership of capital. Why do so many people who fully know how terrible capitalism is just refuse to imagine a world without it?
Looks around from atop a pile of bodies in one of the most violent cultures on earth
I’m not saying that you’re not correct, but I’m not sure how how to put that rubber on the road.
Organize your community. It’s super fucking hard because American’s are alienated and atomized to fuck, but it doesn’t even have to be political at first. Literally just get out of the house and join a group of people. Once you have some ties to your community, start talking to the group about politics. Or if you are lucky enough to live in an area that already has a socialist organization, join that. It all starts with community organization, which will take lots of time, maybe even more time than our lifetimes. But one fact is undeniably true: society will never get better if we all just keep doing our own thing.
Ok, but even granting that in theory could eventually render the how evictions work question moot, so that we don’t even have to think about whether police would be in that position in not, it’s not a practical answer in this specific context.
Until you get rid of evictions, of the bad options law enforcement is one of the less bad options. We shouldn’t let evictions happen the worst way possible just because we are holding out for the perfect scenario where evictions don’t exist.
I mean ok, but also realistically the political will to change how evictions work not only doesn’t exist, but it literally can’t exist under capitalism. The state serves money, and all of the people with money are happy with how evictions work.
I do, let them appear as the hostile occupying force that they are. They shouldn’t get to hide behind taxpayer money and force to conduct their theft.