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"It's super expensive" is still different from "you disappear". Yes, the US system is flawed, but the difference really matters.
by AnimalMuppet 1y ago
"It's super expensive" is still different from "you disappear". Yes, the US system is flawed, but the difference really matters.
- don_esteban 1y agoBut it is not "The US is still among the very best places in the world" And the incidence of 'being in legal trouble in USA' vs 'being disappeared in BAD COUNTRY XXX' is quite different, for almost all bad countries.
- fragmede 1y agoPeople have started being disappeared by ICE. They've been kidnapped off the streets with no access to a lawyer until after. The difference does matter, but it seems we're uncomfortably close to there now.
- 1718627440 1y agoYes and this makes the US just not an example of liberal democracy anymore, so you can't use it as an example for "the West" when using very recent examples.