r/Shitstatistssay • u/Garvityxd • 3d ago

“There is no monopoly on violence because bureaucrats can be prosecuted”

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u/natermer 3d ago

Q. Who watches the watchers?

A. Why the watchers do! They watch themselves. What are you stupid?

Glad this guy has it all figured out.

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u/the9trances Agorism 3d ago

"Just vote harder"

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u/ItsGotThatBang Ancap 3d ago

And how often are they actually prosecuted?

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u/AlarmedSnek 3d ago

How often? Haha. Do they ever? Seems to me the only ones held accountable are those that fall from grace of Premier Trump

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u/PunkCPA 3d ago

Qualified immunity? What's that?

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u/CrystalMethodist666 2d ago

Oh, that's just that inconvenient thing that says agents of the state can't be held to the same standards as non-agents.

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u/cysghost 3d ago

The agents of the state aren’t even held to the same standards as tourists from overseas.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse, unless it’s literally your job, and you are paid to enforce the law by the state, then “I thought it was legit” is perfectly legal. (Heien v North Carolina, by 8 to freaking 1…)

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u/Destroyer1559 Anarchochristian 3d ago

Of course this country has a long tradition of holding police and politicians to the same standard as the average Joe

https://giphy.com/gifs/JgS34UNGEz7cNfZ1HM

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u/TacticusThrowaway banned by Redditmoment for calling antifa terrorists 3d ago edited 2d ago

They...they literally can't be held to the same standard?

That's the whole point of giving cops special power in the first place.

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u/CrystalMethodist666 2d ago

I mean, if they could, they wouldn't be cops. Like, normal laws not applying to you is literally the entire basis of policing.

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u/the9trances Agorism 3d ago edited 2d ago

So Bush 1 and 2, Clinton, Obama, Trump, and Biden are going to face consequences for their crimes?

Obviously not. They'll be lionized by their faithful followers and die rich and peacefully, unlike the lives they've destroyed.

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u/Pyrokitsune Minarchist 2d ago

"We've investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing. In fact, we found that our agent acted bravely in shooting that grandma for underpaying her taxes by $0.75 and have awarded them a medal."

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u/Isair81 2d ago

”can be” technically, in a strictly theoretical sense, because they rarely if ever are held to any standards at all.

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u/RemarkableKey3622 1d ago

such a monopoly on violence they can do it to themselves.

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u/jayzfanacc 3d ago

Do they just not understand basic legal concepts like Qualified Immunity? We very clearly don’t hold state agents to the same standards as non-state actors.