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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

people feel that there is dangerous lawlessness out there, and the only way to solve it is strong force

They believe this regardless of the actual crime rate. They believe it regardless of the number of cops on the streets. They believe it because they are trained to believe the mere presence of any number of minorities, young people, or migrants constitutes a threat to their safety.

Feels before Facts & Logic, combined with an increasingly hysterical right wing press produce a Phantom Menace that can be used to advance fascist policies.

ICE is powered by fear of “the criminals”, and if we solve the “criminal problem” with real solutions, suddenly it gets a lot harder to motive a brute squad when everyone is fine actually

I wish that were true.

But you can just cook up an endless series of AI scare videos to convince Memaw and Pep Pep that there's a murderous riot of illegal transgender Muslim communists just down the road.

this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2026
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