The fact that it's not 100% dedicated to capital's desires does not mean that it doesn't essentially serve it.
Sure, if it were a purely capitalist state, we'd all be slaves, bought and sold by corporations, and we're not there of course.
But in monetary policy, employee benefits, tax breaks, environmental protection, social securityand virtually any other domain you care to name, government cares about the interests of capital first, and everyone else only a distant second.
So you admit it’s not dedicated to capital’s desires. Therefore the police are not there to serve capital, it’s that simple. They are agents of the government and whatever its interests are, which is serving those in power.
More refutations of how these are not in the interests of capital.
Monetary policy does not serve capital (see employment mandate).
Environmental protection does not serve capital (see the very establishment of the EPA).
Social security does not serve capital (it’s an unfunded liability that will need funding through further taxation or inflation).
The covid bailouts and current policies are destructive to capital. (Real negative interest rates are destroying capital)
Sure, if it were a purely capitalist state, we'd all be slaves, bought and sold by corporations, and we're not there of course.
But in monetary policy, employee benefits, tax breaks, environmental protection, social securityand virtually any other domain you care to name, government cares about the interests of capital first, and everyone else only a distant second.