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minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 days agoGuns are useful for a fearful populace, to give them the illusion of some kind of control.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoHow’d Afghanistan turn out?
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down8·2 days agoThen why do cops have them?
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoCops love the illusion of control. That’s the job description
minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoIf cops only have the illusion of control then I still want whatever cops have.
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day 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.