FROM THE MILITANT, PAPER OF THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY If the major function of law enforcement in this country were to combat crime, by now even the capitalists would have admitted its failure and Virtually every time the government releases , crime statistics, previous records are broken.
At one end of the social spectrum we have the tiny clique of organized and legalized criminals.
That's the bankers and big businessmen who own our lactones, tarms, mines, and government They make all their decisions on the basis of one factor: profit. They poison our environment, kill millions in their wars, and make life miserable for working people-all in search of a buck.
At the other end of the social spectrum are the outcaste, the drug addicts, the unemployed. There are thousands who have been spit out of the social system as if it were a testing machine rejecting There are other ways capitalism breeds crime. The continual depiction of women as sex objects and submissive servants encourages crimes against women, such as rape The racist structure and ideology of this societyincruaig te law-and-order and anubusing cam paigns of capitalist politicians-leads to vigilante attacks on Blacks and other minorities.
The frustrations. uncertainties, and pressures of day-to-day life under capitalism are often too much for people to bear. The results are the crimes of passion, the parents who beat their children, the mentally deranged who shoot passersby at random And finally the dog-eat-dog principle under which this society operates, coupled with the fact that money-and only money-buys power and comfort, sets the stage for all kinds of crime. This goes from the bribed politician to the landlord who burns his
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Why not call for Willie Mae Reid is the SWP's Vice Presidential candidate in the Presidential elections. Racism and sexism