Am I inherently a class traitor for working for law enforcement, from Marxist lens?

Question

I guess what I'm asking is this: Am I inherently against the goals of Marxism if I work for/with the police? Further, can a Communist/Marxist be a reformist and still be consistent with their overall political goals?

Answer 1

Well the term class traitor, is in reference to groups that work against their own class interest. So from a marxist perspective even under a reformist lens, police functions as arm of the state, a marxist view of the state is that is exist to intervene in class conflict. So a state that serves the ruling class will intervene in their favor more often then not. So consequently as a police officer even if you are working class your job requires you to intervene the side of the ruling class against the interest of the workers. So this would make you a class traitor