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malaise

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9. Illusion?

Reply to Shandris (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 17, 2016, 07:33 PM

Jul 2016

Look the state has four parts - governmental, administrative, coercive and ideological. The police are very much part of the coercive part.

You are correct re the tension between the people and the police who have been instructed to plunder the poor for the financial shortfall that not taxing the rich has created - all textbook neo-liberal policies.
And schools are failing in poor communities although that is nothing new - it has to be deliberate.

We the people are suckers.

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Who thinks the neo-liberals don't want private armies and private police [View all] malaise Jul 2016 OP

Haven't seen a hyphen used in "neo-liberal" rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #1

I have malaise Jul 2016 #5

Whatever fits on your placard man rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #6

Then they can say public police don't work after gutting them. applegrove Jul 2016 #2

Same with the teachers and on and on and on n/t malaise Jul 2016 #3

Police funding was gutted? Igel Jul 2016 #4

Starting salary in Dallas for police is $44,000. That is terrible. applegrove Jul 2016 #7

You seem to be under the illusion that they don't. Shandris Jul 2016 #8

Illusion? malaise Jul 2016 #9