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They have reported smelly drinking water, moldy mattresses, dusty blankets, freezing air conditioning and officials’ tardy response to requests for medical aid.

One worker in the chat accused guards of pulling their eyes sideways in a racist gesture against Asians. “The racial discrimination and sneering — and how the United States viewed us — will linger long in my heart,” the worker wrote.

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[-] useyourmainfinger@lemmy.world 58 points 11 months ago

There's only the concept of an immigration plan, no room for thinking before acting, America is gone..

[-] Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 11 months ago

More like the illusion of what America claimed to be is gone. It's never really been what it claimed to be, but the mask is fully off now because Trump is incapable of subtlety.

He is taking it further away from that ideal too, but the ideal has never been remotely close to real.

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

They always tried to sell "The American dream" not "The American reality".

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is the third feature of Fascism.

Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation. Therefore culture is suspect insofar as it is identified with critical attitudes. Distrust of the intellectual world has always been a symptom of Ur-Fascism, from Goering’s alleged statement (“When I hear talk of culture I reach for my gun”) to the frequent use of such expressions as “degenerate intellectuals,” “eggheads,” “effete snobs,” “universities are a nest of reds.” The official Fascist intellectuals were mainly engaged in attacking modern culture and the liberal intelligentsia for having betrayed traditional values.

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