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America's fascist concentration camps are a attack on constitutional rights. This is an issue that applies to all American Citizens and anyone who is in the United States. It is time that something be (cdn.social.linux.pizza)

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

It is exhausting to hear "this isn't the country I grew up in" 55 years after the Attica Prison Riots.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm less than fifty five years old I grew up not hearing about prison riots this is terrible please make me stop hearing about this

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 hours ago

I interpreted it as because it's only been 55 years, but only op knows.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What are you getting at? This country was designed to be an oligarchy, and it still is one. That's hardly surprising.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

What are you getting at?

That we've been a fascist police state for far longer than liberals are comfortable accepting.

The scale has changed. The practices have always been here.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Thanks, I was too lazy to look up this example, especially since there are so many of them.