OOTL: Americans, what's going on with your alligators? (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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I've seen people posting tweets from public figures talking about alligators, seen other people joking about alligators. It appears to me that the issue is political, not environmental, but I don't fully get the picture.

What's going on?

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[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 32 points 3 weeks ago

Florida has a lot of alligators – DeSantis is building a concentration camp in Florida (in the middle of Big Cypress National Preserve, a environmentally protected area) – and the conservatives came up with the bright idea of calling it “Alligator Alcatraz”

[everyone else is trying to decide between “Alligator Auschwitz”, “Everglades Concentration Camp”, or “Gulag 34141”]

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago

Gator Gulag has a ring to it but what the hell is wrong with Americans? So many things wrong with that

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

that’s what happens when you let corporations ~~bribe~~ lobby your politicians

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

I was born and raised in a country with plenty of deep seated corruption. I understand the mechanics allowing this to happen, but the style, that's american style. We didn't get things like these

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