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submitted 11 months ago by lars@lemmy.sdf.org to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

according to @Custoslibera’s post

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[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The phrase acab does not imply that literally every single police officer out there is corrupt, a bad cop, whatever, but rather that the police as an institution in general corrupt to the core, acts on impulse, aggression, racism. The goal is to point to the wrongdoings of the police as a whole, as a system.

It's the same thing when people say that, as a whole, all men are pigs or something similar. Yes, of course there are men that aren't but the vast majority of them is. The phrase is pointing to patriarchy, rich white men ruling the world, essentially, toxic masculinity and many other things.

vegan btw

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

That's not my understanding. "All cops are bastards" because even the "good" cops are complicit in a corrupt system. A cop who is actually a good person can't remain a cop for long, because they would have to fight the very system that they're a part of. In order to remain a cop, you have to remain silent to the injustices that you're aware of.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

I agree. I'd argue though that these two directions complement each other instead of being contradictory.

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