These times are going to make The Onion irrelevant.
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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One of our local public transit advocates did nothing more than present at city council meetings. They ordered the security team to follow him everywhere in the building, to the bathroom, and his car.
Even basic challenges to the people in your government is all too often met with straight up oppression tactics. He got them to stop by going to the press with it. Nothing else worked except more public pressure.
Years ago there was a sketch in France making parody of local news to denounce racism: Anchor: "A man shot at a group of Arabs arguing they were too loud. After investigations, the police concluded that indeed, the Arabs were too loud".
This news brought that immediately in my mind.
They arrest the opposition for nothing to keep others from speaking out.
That YouTube video is wild. Approximately 20 seconds from being first notified that his time was up, officers had already come up to him. 20 seconds. He handed them his documents. He was done. There was no logical reason for the arrest.
The arrest was done to warn the other peasants
That must be that "freedom" that Vance and Rubio say Europe lacks.
Police officers always seem to align with the interests of the capitalist (Epstein) class. What is it about that job that attracts so many people with contempt for the working class?
Predators protect predators.
Stupidity.
Cops are almost entirely made up of people who were too stupid to get a white collar job.
As a blue collar guy, I think they’re too stupid to be blue collar workers.
Edit- I had to do a 5-year apprenticeship, pass a state certification test and do continual education to maintain the certification.
How long is the average American police academy and how challenging is it?
All of the answers before this are wrong. It's their vein attempt to show us that they're better than us. And that's it. They're so uncomfortable with themselves they they have to take you out on you. They believe they are part of the club.
Is it Vein or is it an arterior motive?
That would explain the massive overlap in domestic violence.
I would say he was prophetic. But a lot of us realized what he did during COVID. Had a minute to think and pay attention.
I’m stealing the phrase ‘Epstein class’, that’s a great way of explaining how horrific the rich and powerful are
I think the term is capitalist propaganda that's trying to separate the bad rich from the "good" rich. "Yeah I made hundreds of millions insider trading and don't pay any taxes but hey, I never hung out with those bad rich guys."
I don't know, I think any linguistic coinage that gets Americans in general to finally get that the rich hate and want to destroy them, the better.
I didn’t coin the term.
Epstein class perfectly describes how they see themselves above laws and human decency. The world should never allow people to amass that much wealth.
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The rich give the violent dullards and chest-thumpers the imprint of honorability.
The average cop imagines himself a Knight Protector of the Realm when he is, odds on, Barney Fife with a spouse who flinches.
Acab, obviously.
But do you seriously not understand why cops follow orders from politicians and not citizens?
We just ignored the part where we cared about who our politicians were.
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Land of the free.
Whoever told you that is your enemy
This is exactly why there are non-profit bail funds to donate to in many communities. These funds frequently help cover these people that are the vanguard of democracy.
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