i'm guessing it's just launguage politics? because socialist projects are open about the connections where as the imperial core tries to mask it? i don't even fucking know this class irradiates my brain
I would say, since the police and sheriffs operate autonomously and without oversight, they're more like feudal knights and lords than a modern army. An army would have a centralized command and control structure, standards of training and professionalism, and some degree of civilian oversight. The police have none of these things. Another interpretation of police in the US would be bandit gangs controlling exclusive territories.
What understanding of the phrase "domestic military" could someone be using that excludes US police? What could they even mean?
i'm guessing it's just launguage politics? because socialist projects are open about the connections where as the imperial core tries to mask it? i don't even fucking know this class irradiates my brain
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I would say, since the police and sheriffs operate autonomously and without oversight, they're more like feudal knights and lords than a modern army. An army would have a centralized command and control structure, standards of training and professionalism, and some degree of civilian oversight. The police have none of these things. Another interpretation of police in the US would be bandit gangs controlling exclusive territories.