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Power loves darkness. It’s not a quote from a marvel movie. It’s a fact – and if you’re wondering where that comes from, you just need to take a look at people who are getting beaten up in the streets of America, this so-called heart of democracy, because they have dared to question the ever-growing structural abuse of power by the police. For they have done the unforgivable act of asking an unmentioble question that could cause the end of the world for many – those who would rather see the end of the world than the end of capitalism – “who are the police *really* protecting and serving?” who needs more protection than the minorities, the weak, the vulnerable – the very same people whom the police do not hesitate to kill in cold blood and in plain daylight, with no fear of the consequences. For it does not in the slightest bit interfere with their main function: to protect and serve the property and the wealthy, and to maintain the status quo. And so they will with teeth and nails fight to defend the capital and enforce white supremacy. That’s what they were created for, with the absolute support of those in power. You can’t fool yourself into believing that by choosing the “lesser evil” things will change. “the lesser evil” being Joe Biden, the man who cheerfully says “police should be trained to ‘shoot 'em in the leg instead of the heart.” You can’t reform that. You can’t reform years of corruption, abuse of power and widespread injustices suffered by weak and marginalized into this neoliberal utopia where capitalists are living happily ever after alongside the workers, white supremacists alongside the people of colors, fascist alongside the minorities. You can’t reform what is working perfectly – because the system is not even broken. It is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do.