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Thanks to modern technology we can watch the whole thing unfold in real time!
It seems this new technology is not much benefit in stopping it? Observers are great, powerless and disorganized ones not so much.
Too many people live in willful ignorance
You can see the obvious big picture and scream from the rooftops, but everyone who is comfortable enough and in denial that things are actually that bad straight up just ignore you
It's only now that people are starting to get their wakeup calls, like a lot of Europe, for example
But god, if it isn't super frustrating to watch the local news in my European country and have politicians repeatedly say "nobody thought we would be standing here talking about this 4 years ago"
I did, fuckers! I did!! The fascist threat was obvious ever since the first trump presidency, and the trends could clearly be seen from even before then, however, I was a child at that time
I don't get it. Especially because politicians are supposed to be the experts in trends like this. Is everyone just fucking clueless??
I swear most people are just so neoliberal ideology brained, and heavily struggle seeing anything outside of that. It's been a massive failure on the part of society that political philosophy has not been a bigger part of the education curriculum. Or part of it, at all.
This sums it up nicely
I’m not sure how relevant this is outside the USA; but when I was helping build grassroots for social activism in Texas - I realized people had forgotten how! Their grandparents could, and did. I saw it as a child.
But something happened over two generations, and the knowledge was not handed down, or was not applicable when things changed so much .
I remember enough to know critical things in the community is missing. I suspect a major missing piece is that people stay indoors too much.
Same in Germany. I don't know what it is either but I'm convinced it's related to the loneliness epidemic among the younger generation. People have seemingly stopped connecting in meaningful ways in general. No more religion, no more sports teams, working from home and getting your social interaction fix through social media. I think all of this is seriously starting to take its toll.
Everybody works too much yet they can't afford anything. Going out to do anything costs money and not a trivial amount, and everyone's too tired after working so much to go anyways. Combined with bad work schedules it makes for a truly antisocial combination. Consider the fact that at one point in the 20th century the average British man spent more at the bar than he did on housing. That's not good for your liver but the point stands that it'l was possible to do that and not anymore.
It's a European tradition to spectate torture and execution for entertainment.
The picture on the left is from when the prison first opened, so won't show any of the deportees
Oh hell. OTOH, I'd imagine we have no reason to think it's looking better these days.
Still, thanks for the correction, I took that as I found it.
Dachau didn't open until 3 months after Hitler took power. They are right on track.
Next week:
You know what, it's fine. At least you'll be sitting in a lower ring of hell than me for laughing at this. 😌
You see, it isn't so bad, they can sit up!
Hitler specifically called the U.S. treatment of indigenous people an inspiration, and used it as his basis for treating Jews, gays, communists, intellectuals, and all the other victims of the Third Reich. tRump and his Fourth Reich is just coming full circle.
Remember kids, fascism only ends one way.
Only one way, but there are many ways to approach that way. My favorite is the Italian method.
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"Accused of being gang members" lmao let's be clear here 90% of these dudes literally have gang tattoos 🙈
Also you can cover tattoos at any time, it's not that hard.
I've been in the tattoo scene since the 90s and have a full body of tattoos myself and everybody knows that a gang tattoo is a point if no return and basically the dumbest thing you can do. If you went there then I have zero sympathy for you.
"innocent until proven to have tattoos"
Even if 99% of them are actually gang member, then there is still a bunch of innocent people locked up. Using the word 'accused' or 'suspected' isn't meant to cause doubt, it's to make clear they haven't been convicted. I really wouldn't want to be falsely accused and treated as these men are, and it's really awful knowing some of them could be there without having done anything wrong.
But they're innocent until there's proof of guilt. Sending people to forced labour encampments because of their tattoos is just a different nazi move.
Can you point out the criminal statue against certain tattoos? After that would you mind showing me where they were convicted for those tattoos. Then I'd appreciate a link to the federal sentencing guidelines on tattoo-related offenses that suggest forced labor camps overseas.
Even if they are gang members they still should have due process and a trial. This is one of the foundations of our legal system. Where does that leave us if we just leave it to law enforcement to throw anyone in prison without any oversight? That’s straight up authoritarianism you’re arguing for.
This administration really shows how little of a fuck the party that won't stop jerking themselves off about the constitution actually give about what it says.
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Honestly, when I was a kid, one of my classmates dressed up like that and I'm pretty sure he would tag around the school. The kid was a trouble maker. But that doesn't mean much when I realized that he was homeless and his mom would still clean him up and send him to school.
Yeah no viva Bukele
People saying "if you arrest all those gang members economy will collapse because even though they get their money from illicit activities they still spend it back into the economy"
Nayib Bukele "dude are you fucking stupid?" they arrested the violent criminals and the ones that organized themselves in violence promoting bands... and they GDP went up by like 5% I believe? mainly because honest working people didn't have to struggle against the villain.
Nah those pieces of shit are there for a reason, society and tolerance are a social contract... you respect it and you fall under it, you don't then you feck off.
ARRIBA BUKELE!!
Did you catch the words "without proof", and "without due process" in the OP? It would appear that these people pictured are innocent.
People in this thread who stated the tattoos were clear criminal evidence.
https://www.irishstar.com/sport/soccer/donald-trump-salvador-real-madrid-34923654
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