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I am confused about the sheer volume of seemingly illegal actions these fascists are getting away with. The amount of US citizens unlawfully detained, the warrantless surveillance and raids, the refusal to identify themselves, and the clear pattern of violence though indiscriminate physical assault.

Where are the class action lawsuits?

Why are no Democratic politicians calling for ICE's leadership to be investigated, impeached, imprisoned? Even if Democrats are kinda feckless and racist themselves, surely they're not as stupid as the Republicans and can see the threat that ICE represents to the economy, if nothing else?

I'm just astonished by the absolute dearth of any resistance to these squads of lead-poisoned idiots who don't follow any rules and are seemingly only motivated by a desire to hurt people.

Moreover... I want to believe in rehabilitative justice, and if we ever want to see former ICE agents get treatment and re-enter society as productive upstanding citizens, it would be best to stop them before they're too far gone. Not to make it out like they're the primary victims here, but I do believe what they're doing is actively harming themselves.

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[–] neroiscariot@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cw: doom rant

spoilerSo I think I figured this out. The American economy has relied upon immigrant workers for a long time to do the work that nobody wanted to do. Moreover the American economy has relied on homeless people and near-dwells to act as a cudgel to the middle class. However with the increased movement of jobs to other sectors like India the owners of this country have no more reason to pretend that anybody other than the upper middle class is worth anything to them. By that I mean they will vote for their interests at The ballot box. This current purging is a way to satisfy the hogs while getting rid of people that would be a drain on a society that is about to collapse. The tech and AI sectors are in a huge bubble and are bound to collapse in the face of China. All we really have is waging unpopular forever wars with increasingly despicable client states. Why not Purge the people that you view as a drain on society while emboldening those that you're about to Griff next at the same time.

As far as taking care of ice goes, I have no idea I'm not a fed poster

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] neroiscariot@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

Yeah was talking at my phone and it doesn't know the classics