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Police State: Are We Already There and Just Don't Know It? (hartmannreport.com)

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History shows that police states aren't declared: they're assembled piece by piece, until one day ordinary people realize the freedoms they once took for granted have quietly disappeared…

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, yes you are. Hint: people are comparing ICE to Nazi Germanys GeStaPo for a reason.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

The comparison is a natural one, because of their overt Nazi ideology. In and of itself, however, ICE is comparable to any secret police force—every autocracy has its own unit that makes dissidents disappear and spreads fear and terror among the population. That's just the way it is.