• CanadaResists@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    I’m super pro union but your arguments are sloppy.

    In 1981 Reagan fired and banned for life over 11,000 striking Air Traffic controllers. People sadly haven’t forgotten.

    Without cops, what does a person assaulted or burgled do? How are the 20K+ murders a year investigated? Firefighters? They respond primarily to medical emergency. And about a million fire incidents a year.

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      6 days ago

      Cops rarely, if ever stop, or investigate crimes. Cops have single digit clearance rates for homicides.