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You know, that’s an opportunity.
Any time attention is focused on one place, there’s less on another.
Take the moment and target something else.
That would probably work if there wasn’t a ridiculous overabundance of cops in just about all American cities.
As it is, there’s enough of them to function as a private security force for billionaires and their property (their primary raison d’être) in greater numbers than usual like this without neglecting any of their usual oppression of minorities, poor people, and especially combinations thereof.
Unless these cops are in superposition, they can’t be both protecting Tesla and, say, in their actual cars.
Their numbers are finite.
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In Minecraft. Always in Minecraft.
Their numbers are finite, yes. However, those finite numbers are much larger than they need to be and society would be much better and safer for the vast majority of people if there were almost none of them.
Not in Minecraft.
Brother, there’s an overabundance of greedy, shitty corporate targets and storefronts, and many more of us than cops.
They can’t be everywhere.
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Sure, you gotta still use stealth and planning, but you’re dealing with a different level of attention.
Vandalism normally isn’t a high priority in the cities I’ve been in. People report it, and the response time is slow, even in wealthy areas or business centers because it’s just not an emergency. They’ll dispatch a car or two, or the equivalent, but they won’t send bigger numbers, and any kind of riot response is going to be slower because they’re held back for the obvious target.
Same with small numbers of people making quick strikes at targets that support the main focus of the actions.
Couple that with coordination at targets and false actions to distract, and you can do some decent amount of work in the time you’ll have
Chicago has a pretty big police force unfortunately. Looks like around 12- 13k little piggies (source)
So about 25 cops here leaves… roughly 12- 13k cops in the rest of the city :P
ETA: fun facts, the Chicago Police Dept budget is just below $2 billion. That puts it right below Slovakia’s entire military budget. Slovakia’s population is ~5.5 million vs. Chicago’s 2.7 million people.
Chicago alone has almost as many cops as the entirety of Ireland (which has 14.6k cops for 5.3 million Irish citizens)
Any time attention is focused on one place, there’s less on another.
This was a significant plot point in Die Hard with a Vengeance
Cops are class traitors
ACAB
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I think you’re on to something… The pigs are protecting the public from the evil oligarch’s company.
Yea, that’s the ticket!
The optics on this are great. Any potential customer is reminded that if they buy a t*sla, they earn a target on their back
Protecting wealth. The rest of us can get fucked.
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That’s…what I said?
Relax they’re just living up to their monicker.
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Who is going into that location to buy a car in these circumstances. That line of police is just as effective as any vandalism.
Hmm a new way to protest. Call the cops and don’t show up.
You need to start posting that everywhere.
Y’know, you raise a good point. If I was gonna go shopping somewhere and there was a line of cops outside the place I was going, I’m absolutely not going in there lol
Tbh, yeah, this is a great point
And who’s going to protect the owner of the car once they bought it? It’s a reminder that you’re making a political decision when you buy a tesla.
Or, there’s been a shooting and/or robbery. Not going there.
Many people that want to buy a Tesla right now would probably see it as a badge of honor
You buy teslas through their site. It’s not like other dealerships. The one near me is in a mall and has like two cars in it.
Man, look at that pile of tax money.
So I guess, if you want to commit a real crime you just threaten the Tesla dealership then go do your business elsewhere
20-some officers protecting shitty hunks of metal, when there’s murderers, rapists, pedofiles, and human traffickers roaming free. This image perfectly sums up their commitment to protecting the Lifestyles of the Rich and Fascist over the rest of us.
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What a completely reasonable and absolutely not wasteful use of police time and resources! “Hello, 911? My house is being robbed!” “Sorry, no officers are available because they’re at the Tesla dealership”
The Police in USA are there to protect Capital Interests. Their job to keep the status quo.
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Well said
Wasn’t there a famous movie scene about nazis, cars and illinois?
I hate Illinois nazis
I’m not sure. It’s dark and I’m wearing sunglasses.
Bo Burnham’s How the works works seems to be an appropriate anthem right now
Seriously, that dude is a genius. He pays for it with his mental health, so thank you Bo.
Red rover red rover, send molotov right over
I’d be so pissed if I lived in Chicago. What a waste of funding.
Somehow I don’t think that’ll draw in customers.
Yeah sure…the thin blue line is BS. The police always protect the wealthy property owners and bust up the working class. I believe Netflix has a US police history documentary and who they side with during upheavals.
