When I clock in at work, my labor directly generates profit - I do a task, company gets money for it.
A cop breaking up a strike is defending the system. The cop is not directly employed by a private parent company (usually). Unless the company is being directly paid by a customer, directly for this cop’s action, and the cop is directly paid a wage by said company, the relationship is different.
There is parallel benefit between cops and capitalists, but one does not have direct authority over the other.
When I clock in at work, my labor directly generates profit - I do a task, company gets money for it.
A cop breaking up a strike is defending the system. The cop is not directly employed by a private parent company (usually). Unless the company is being directly paid by a customer, directly for this cop’s action, and the cop is directly paid a wage by said company, the relationship is different.
There is parallel benefit between cops and capitalists, but one does not have direct authority over the other.
So then would all public employees not be workers? That seems a strange position…