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the ongoing merger of liberalism and fascism (lemmy.ml)
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the remaining differences are mostly about aesthetics and not about the use of violence to maintain hegemony

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 days ago

100% agreed. Ruling classes make laws to suit their interests, and law is opposed to morality and compassion in a lot of cases. US slavery was legal. South African and Israeli apartheid were/are legal. US torture camps like Guantanamo bay and Abu Ghraib are legal.

Even plea-bargaining in the US is a form of medieval-type coercion (confess your sins and we'll reduce your punishment), and is a pillar of their justice system.