Cops are Communists and Schools are Ruthlessly Capitalistic

The headline is true.

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Consider just a few of the basic structures of the police.

By design, police are not a part of the Market, free or otherwise. They don’t compete with each other or trade the authority of their office for as much profit as they can get, as they would in a truly capitalist system. Considering their power over everyone else in society, one might expect them to be the highest paid members we have, yet they are, like every other public servant, intentionally solid middle working class. The emphasis there should be on ‘working’.

Nor are they ‘individuals’ in regards to their work. All police are meant to be units within the greater machine of society. In principle, one cop has no particular authority over another while on the beat. Nor do they compete with each other for arrests or rewards. They are not people following selfish interest, as they would be in a capitalist system; to the contrary, a selfish police officer is potentially a corrupt one, choosing their own personal reward over law and order and public peace.

The police officer is middle class, and while they advance through great performance or sacrifice, such reward is considered, at best, a secondary motivation. Police officers are public servants, and it’s not capital growth…