Zizek’s point is rather that cops standing down may be a marker of the
> turning point in any regime’s fall from legitimacy / authority / durability.
It could be. It could also be a sign that the cops are individually sane, or lazy, or however else you want to characterize the vast majority of people, who avoid conflict rather than seeking it out. My money's on the latter.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."