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Thinking about how the U.S. should have a constitutional amendment banning state forces (e.g. police) from being used in labor disputes. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by kool_newt@lemm.ee to c/general@lemmy.world

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One of the primary purposes of the police is to be able to break labor uprisings. This is so wrong and should be prevented in the strongest way possible. What do you all think? Is the U.S. constitution able to restrict police?

People from outside the U.S., what do you think of this type of idea?

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[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

tbh I'm not sure how I feel about protesting/striking in the street. It's so easy to infiltrate and cause trouble, makes it easy for authorities to identify those not sympathetic to their power. And it's so easy for the media to control the narrative. Even deciding which protests to cover gives the media power to control which ones might be likely to have success.

Not saying people shouldn't, just not sure how effective they are personally. I feel like there are more effective techniques. Striking means not working, not picketing. Work stoppage combined with an effective social media campaign might be more effective then putting oneself in danger of arrest or violence.

Similarly, if one wants to defund the police running for office so there's an anti-police candidate on the ballot (even if you can't win) and can add the topic to the conversation might be more effective than going into the street and pissing off those with a license to kill.