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What really is going on in the US right now? Is this worse than the first term? Why're legal people being kicked out? When is it time to really consider leave? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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First term a lot of people considered leaving but frankly it didn't feel like this.

Mods: I am unsure if this question goes against rule 2 or not. I mean to ask this as the general situation but of course it is political. The wording of the rule makes it unclear if politics are allowed or not...

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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 12 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I just don’t get going after innocent people

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Catching real criminals is hard. Pretending innocent people are criminals is easy.

[–] match@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago

that reminded me to check how Duterte's trial is going

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 week ago

To create fear, distrust, confusion, anger, distraction, and validate the base's hatred of whichever "outgroups" are being blamed for everything. If you fit a profile, they put you in a box. Doesn't matter if you're "innocent" or the reason for the government fucking with you or deporting you is a mistake anymore because agencies like ICE and DHS are so deeply compromised as to not follow any rule of law.

This shit happens all throughout human history in dictatorships and fascist states.

[–] DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 week ago

fascism requires targets to distract and divide the populace

[–] eric5949@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Despite the rhetoric there's not enough criminals to mass deport.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Because he’s a cunt

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

There are entire industries that profit from people being imprisoned. The more people incarcerated in a location, the more that location can charge.

All other things aside, there is very much a profit motive.