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I believe the point of this is: 1. Chaos - it’s good for kleptocracy, and is a denial-of-service attack on our attention 2. The appearance of something being
by kennywinker 1y ago
I believe the point of this is:
1. Chaos - it’s good for kleptocracy, and is a denial-of-service attack on our attention
2. The appearance of something being done. Dems represent the status quo, people are sick of the status quo. Something appearing to happen is better than the status quo for a lot of people. Biden deported ~2x more people in 2024 than trump has so far. ICE raids are a performance.
3. Like everything else they do, it’s a shakedown. You want protection from the raids and the chaos? Come kiss the ring of your local maga don.
- mallowdram 1y agoI agree, but add that the mass expansion of ICE with bounty hunters, freelancers from the white nationalists with fewer deportations indicates that's freikorps into SS quasi-state paramilitary outside the legal checks.