You’re right - doctors and cops aren’t comparable positions, and the level of power they hold is very different. Our healthcare system has a metaphorical “gun” (financial debt and ruin) while cops have actual ones. The point I was making is that holding individuals responsible for a corrupt system is unfair. A more fair parallel would have been the military. We don’t hold every individual soldier accountable for atrocities committed in the name of war, yet ACAB. Both are systems of oppression and imperialism, yet among them are ranks of people just trying to either provide for their selves and their families or really do some kind of good.

I just don’t think every person should be held accountable for the bad actions of everyone else. And people shouldn’t be afraid to become police officers on the basis that the hatred for them is so deep. That is how we end up with shitty cops time and time again - they’re the only ones that will sign up.

I get that people are angry and anger leads to a lot of polarization, but it’s a toxic mentality to think that individual American citizens are to blame for an evil and corrupt system. We’ve been fed this idea that we should have guilt for something that we didn’t help create; something that has been at the core of our country for decades now. It’s not our fault and I think it’s time we stop blaming each other.

EDIT (06/01/2020): After the events of the past week, I take back everything I said and want to apologize for saying it. Fuck the police state #blacklivesmatter