Charlie StrossJun 21

Q: "... What do you tell them you did all day?"

A: "Fourteen words".
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Attached: 2 images In a powerful reflection, Emily Tamkin asks what these men who don face masks and snatch women, children, elderly people from parks, schools, workplaces, tell themselves about who they are and what they're doing. What do they tell their children, their friends? How do they live with themselves? #Trump #ICE #authoritarianism #violence /8 https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/on-being-the-bad-guy-in-your-own

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Jernej Simončič �Jun 22
Show threadJürgen Hubert

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There was no shortage of Gestapo and SS officers who had no problem switching between brutalizing their victims during their day jobs, and into the role of "loving family man" in the evenings and on weekends.

Their kids only started asking: "What did you do during the Third Reich" when they became adults, studied at universities, and were exposed to more diverse points of views. This was a huge part of what fueled the student protests in Germany in the 1960s.

Until then, most children will probably believe that their ICE father is a "good man" who "stops bad people".

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Show threadmarcinkJun 22
@juergen_hubert @cstross For a very visual representation, there’s this photo of SS on a break. Just people having fun, not a care in the world, you know they sleep well at night.
Show threadNosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiastJun 22
@marcink @juergen_hubert @cstross and the same treatment should be afforded to ice as was given to those fucking monsters
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Jun 22
@marcink @juergen_hubert @cstross
Show threadVHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦Jun 24
@juergen_hubert @cstross yes. that’s how it happens.