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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So there's only two reasons they didn't just get this guy back one he's dead or two they are doing it to prove they have total power

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Slave labor?

They are kept in pens for 23.5 hours a day. I don't think they're getting any labor out of them. It's a death camp.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

He's most likely dead. That's the reason why they can't get him back.

Edit: furthermore even if Chunky Cheeto said on TV that he knows the guy is dead because he killed him himself then absolutely nothing would be done about it.
USA, the land of seemingly unlimited guns yet none of you will do anything about the dictatorship that is happening before your eyes.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago (26 children)

USA, the land of seemingly unlimited guns yet none of you will do anything about the dictatorship that is happening before your eyes.

Remember how America has the largest military on the planet, and how even our local police forces are armed with machines of war and mass destruction. Yeah, every single one of those guys works for the dictator so forgive me if I don’t go John Fucking Rambo on the White House with a repeater I bought at Walmart.

We’re showing up to protests by the millions, we’re using our voices, we’re pressuring elected leaders to stand up and fight back, we’re fucking trying to stop this shit, so honestly fuck off with this sort of reductive armchair general critiquing.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Millions of us are protesting and direct action groups are gaining more support and being more active. We're slow to the draw yes, and this type of movement should have happened much earlier, but it's inaccurate to say none of us are doing anything

Edit to add: https://lemmy.world/post/28297299

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

i think the point hes getting at mainly is that none of the protesting groups are taking up firearms and removing the potus by force along with his cronies. you are not militant enough compared to what is written in your constitution for this exact scenerio.

protesting where the police allow you to is "controlled opposition" and its part of the allowed illusion of potential change. its what allows viewers at home who may agree with the movement, to feel hopeful, and like they dont have to do anything because someone else is already doing something. resolving things democratically will only take you so far with a head of state and entrenched system of control that not only doesnt follow the rules of democracy, but is actively trying to dismantle it.

protest as much as you wish, but if theres no bite after your bark, it rings hollow.

source? occupy wallstreet. where they poured champaign on protestors from high rises and skyscrapers, laughing, and taking pictures as they continued to rob everyone below. nothing changed. not really. if anything it got worse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Every protest is a sea of organization. Thousands and thousands of people convening in a public space for a cause compels people to think about those next steps. It's a process of breaking inertia. But yes, these always require a politival mechanism: support for a bill, a race, a party, etc or they will get co-opted by the ruling class.

That's what happened with Occupy Wall Street, yes, though it still resulted in a major wave of political organization. The movement being ignored resulted in a major wave of disenfranchised people who turned to fascism thinking it would be a viable alternative. But at the same time it helped prime people to actually give Bernie a chance in 2016.

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[–] [email protected] 170 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (35 children)

Will you stop posting shit claiming he was accidentally deported? He was deported intentionally. The government lawyer who argued in court that the government had deported Garcia by mistake has since been fired. Stephen Miller himself said that "There was no mistake". They are deporting whoever they can get their hands on.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

There is very much a reason.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently the dictator is incapable of dictating.

[–] [email protected] 121 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope all those „be careful around windows in russia” jokes made you laugh because this is your reality now.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bold of you to think I live in the USA. I'll keep making Russian window jokes, but now I need a good USA one too, hmmm...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

I propose: Don't leave your fridge open in the US.

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