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Look, I hate police unions as much as you do, but cops don't stop being workers just because you hate them. Do unionized Trump voters and racists and guys who beat their wives stop being workers, too?
Is the Crown a worker too? The reason Responders and military are not workers is because they serve the rich. They are not the proles, they are on the other side of class.
I bet King George didn't stop "working."
You think there is a "benign" "small" "local" government as opposed to a big bad one? Have you ever heard of Fusion Centers? Do you know the IDF military trains US cops often? Do you know big parts of local government were in the military before they became a department? You don't just stop being a former Pentagon collateral murderer.
Don't we all serve the rich in one way or another? Government workers at least provide services that benefit all of us, even if they do benefit the rich more than most.
In a capitalist pseudo-democracy where corporations are people with unlimited free speech and the richer candidates win the election 95% of the time, yes. https://capitolhillcitizen.com
If we had a true democracy of worker cooperatives, the workers would be the bosses and wealth would be distributed more equally. https://www.democracyatwork.info/
Teachers unions, logistics unions, the trades, librarians, nurses, the service industry--these are true unions that serve the community and contribute constructive benefits that improve the lives of many. The military, FD, PD, and carceral organizations put people down and surveil and jail them. It is not right to collectivize what harms the community. They don't need the help anyway. They have the biggest budgets, intergovernmental reinforcements, and all the weapons and walls on their side.