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Gotta admit, I expected this admin to speedrun fascism, but I'd be lying if I said I was expecting it as soon as April
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this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2025
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And when a government gets to decide who goes and who doesn’t without due process….
What then?
They can’t do that here, you have generally some rights before convicted
Yes and they used to have that in the U.S. as well, but surprise surprise! If you put an authoritarian in power, who delights in being cruel and punishing people, you tend to lose some of those precious rights.
Then maybe you shouldn’t vote on such candidate. It’s hard to protect every single law from being twisted when you elect some kind of
Well, I didn't vote for anyone in the U.S. since I don't live there.
But my point is, non-authoritarians wouldn't even suggest sending their own citizens to foreign prisons/camps. It's cruel and unnecessary and it doesn't solve the root of any issues. It's just offloading your problems onto someone else.
Some kind of?
Hard to pick a fitting word. I think it is a category on its own
You haven’t been paying attention lately, have you?
As I said not really. What I am talking about is semi related
It’s a general trend lately around the world to send immigrant prisoners away but I argue about making it nationality agnostic
Why should we only send away immigrant offenders when we can send all offenders somewhere?
This way we can avoid racism accusations