by YNT
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Exactly, What I mean by ego and the whole why an officer is better than me etc. is the fact they it takes a certian amount of ego to become an officer. They arn't put in that job by accident and at some point they must have said "I want to be a cop" So, My question was, why can they order me around, why are they more right then me? Which you answered as well as many other people answered, becuase it's there job.
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I guess I misunderstood your question, if the question is "what makes people think that they should be a cop" I'm a little less qualified to answer, but Ill take a stab in the dark anyway.
Probably some combination of three things. The balance is different for different people, but I think the first is the most common and the last is the least.
1) Dad was a cop. Its not that they think highly of themselves in particular, its that there parents indoctrinated them with the idea that growing up to be a cop would be a good thing. The morality of the issue wasn't ever really deeply considered, they just want to make their family proud.
2) They are paragons of establishment. They like and love the government for some reason. They feel that the best thing they can do for the world is lend it as much of their own "might" as possible.
3) They are drawn to power. Everyone is at some level. We all have some urge to want to be able to tell people what to do, and right what we see as wrongs. (perhaps that wrong is our own poverty, hence the whole concept of "cream") This should not be viewed all that negatively, its something that is intrinsically human