Likely Suspects
Robert Reich
Scaea - Social@rbreich That's a really good point to remember.
Zhi Zhu ๐ธ๏ธ"Not Alligator Alcatraz. Alcatraz held people who had been convicted in a court of law.
This is Alligator Auschwitz, which will hold people who are not charged with anything other than the crime of being brown, just like Auschwitz held those for the crime of being a Jew."
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https://bsky.app/profile/carriesweet.bsky.social/post/3lsragabzhs2f
#Trump #GOP #Republicans #AlligatorAlcatraz #AlligatorAuschwitz #ConcentrationCamps #Fascism #USPol #Politics #Florida #US #USA
Hinz_oder_Kunz@ZhiZhu @rbreich I beg to differ. Auschwitz was an institution of industrial mass murder. Entire trainloads of people (that's 1000+ humans in case "trainloads" sounds too abstract) were killed immediately after arrival in purpose-built facilities. And it was one site in a grand scheme of genocide.
Trump is evil. Alligator Alcatraz must not be. But it is not Auschwitz.
Aaron
Flock of Cats ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ธ@hosford42 @Hinz_oder_Kunz @ZhiZhu @rbreich they wonโt start mass murdering people in Florida. Instead they will deport them to countries theyโve never been to, like South Sudan. Or send them to a 3rd country prison like in El Salvador. They wonโt kill thrm immediately, but they will severely harm them and likely shorten their lives, deliberately and intentionally. Itโs not literally Auschwitz, but the intent is the same
@FlockOfCats @Hinz_oder_Kunz @ZhiZhu @rbreich Until that becomes too inconvenient. Then they will do it right here.
Ian Rudderbutt@Hinz_oder_Kunz @ZhiZhu @rbreich so once you spend all summer packing this full of people, whatโs the plan for this shoddily constructed abomination when hurricane season hits?
@ReasonableMustelid @ZhiZhu @rbreich the fact that hurricanes seem to be part of the plan is extremely disturbing, to use diplomatic language (source:Wikipedia, citing https://web.archive.org/web/20250701192512/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/alligator-alcatraz-set-open-trump-desantis-rcna215943 )
@ReasonableMustelid @rbreich @ZhiZhu so far it's a very questionable detention center and some MAGA bullshit talk.
When a hurricane hits, I sincerely hope for an evacuation plan to be carried out largely unrecognized as some other MAGAtrocity sucks up all attention.
When a hurricane hits, I sincerely hope for an evacuation plan to be carried out largely unrecognized as some other MAGAtrocity sucks up all attention.
@ZhiZhu @Hinz_oder_Kunz @rbreich keep on hoping, but we canโt even manage evacuation plans for people in regular old neighborhoods. Detention camps donโt stand a chance.
Passwordsarehard4@Hinz_oder_Kunz @ZhiZhu @rbreich what do you think they plan on doing with them if nobody will take them? They donโt plan on letting them back out, Iโll tell you that much. That gang prison in El Salvador isnโt going to hold them all. Thereโs a reason they called it the Final Solution and not Step One.
@passwordsarehard4 @Hinz_oder_Kunz @rbreich
Nazi #ConcentrationCamps were originally referred to as "deportation" camps, where Jewish people would be held prior to being deported. But actually deporting Jewish people turned out to be slower and more expensive than other options. So... The #Nazis turned to the "Final Solution" which was much more "efficient."
The first US Concentration Camp - #AlligatorAuschwitz - in #Florida will cost $450 million per year to operate. Soโฆ
Elizabeth Eiler
Passenger@Hinz_oder_Kunz @ZhiZhu @rbreich
Auschwitz was established in 1939, almost immediately after the German invasion of Poland. It was used to imprison people immediately: initially former Polish soldiers. They didn't start the mass executions until almost two years later, in August 1941 after the invasion of the USSR.
Auschwitz was still Auschwitz for those two years before the mass murders began. Before it was a factory for killing people, it was a prison.
Calling a prison Auschwitz isn't historically inaccurate. It just means that the mass murders haven't started yet.
FLF@passenger @Hinz_oder_Kunz @ZhiZhu @rbreich
hmmm no. Auschwitz was established in 1939 as a concentration camps.
The purpose of a concentration camp is to kill people through labor.
It was not a prison.
Dan Morgan 
@rbreich The branding is right there, folks. Not Alligator AlcatrazโAlligator Auschwitz.
A failure of imagination with these folks will always have on our back foot.
Hallucinationsofasiliconslab@DanMorgan @rbreich They've copied Dachau almost exactly with this camp. I hope the American people understand what's coming next.
@rbreich Those really arenโt the same. Alligator Auschwitz isnโt the type of shelter, food, or medical care Iโd want to give a homeless person. Itโs inhumane.
PaulNickson ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ผ@rbreich And itโs not even to do with money. The cruelty is the point.
@rbreich They are all wealty in comparison to the average America. It's disgusting to steal from the least to pad the pockets of those who don't NEED IT FFS!!
Leela Torres
OCR Bot@LeelaTorres
@โbroadwaybabyto
It took just over a week to create a massive
concentration camp.
Remember this the next time those in power
claim they can't house the homeless, feed the
starving or provide medical care to the poor.
= =
They can, they don't want to.
Artstories@rbreich What they will do at some point: send the homeless and the poor to Alligator Alcatraz because that's what unempathetic evil does. They will always go a step further: First undocumented immigrants, then legal immigrants, LBGTQ+-floks, the disabled, the the poor and homeless, black people, women, until there are only a handful of white arseholes left who think they are the kings of the world. And when there is nobody left to hate they will expand.
Linkszentriker Cris@rbreich What's Alligator Alcatraz? Is it like Polar Bear Jail?
@alteNBnordpfalz @rbreich It's a concentration camp, intentionally built in a swampy region so escapees will die by alligator.
๐ฅCassandra๐ฅ@rbreich Does the tiny print at the top mean this was actually a post by @broadwaybabyto? And instead of boosting the work of a disabled writer you took a screenshot and didnโt bother with alt text, making it *less accessible*?
I AM BANKSY โ / ๐โ๐ฅ@Cassandra
Pretty sure this Robert Reich person / bot doesn't care. I've never seen it interact at all, just post screen shots of its Bluesky account or some other stolen posts.
I think there must be multiples, because I seem to keep blocking this.
@xinit Ah, yes, I scrolled back a week and didn't see any interaction at all. Gross. Thanks.
Lillian Violet@Cassandra @xinit It's not a bot, this is the mastodon account of Robert Reich, former secretary of labor of the US under Bill Clinton. Proof it is him is him linking it from his website. I just think he uses it as a cross post account though, I've also never seen him react to anyone.
Dec [{(
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His website links to a linktree, which links to all his socials, including Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon. His website also links directly to a few profiles (Mastodon not included). Not linking directly means that any Mastodon profile verification won't work.
Funnily enough, some of his recent posts are posted on Threads and Bluesky as plain text, and posted here as images.
That last bit's the part that really confuses me. Wouldn't it be easier for the human or bot behind the posting to ... just post the text again rather than taking a screenshot and posting that?
@xinit @GLaDTheresCake @Cassandra
It could be a staff member using a 3rd party "post everywhere" tool, but they decided that a rage bait soundbite quote rendered on a red background (with no alt text) is more appropriate for Fedi.
He also has a Spoutible account, still linked from the linktree, which is following zero other accounts. It hasn't made any new posts in more than a year.
But at least his linktree is not linking to a defunct G+ or Hyves profile.
@dec23k
Whatever the choices that lead them here, it's the sort of thing I just block at this point. I'm choosier with my bait these days.
@xinit @GLaDTheresCake @Cassandra
I have a solid "no alt text, no boost" policy. If someone has replied to a toot and provided a good alt text, I'll boost that instead.
I don't follow Reich, but someone that I follow here posts links to his toots (usually with a comment added) every few days.
I have a solid "no alt text, no boost" policy. If someone has replied to a toot and provided a good alt text, I'll boost that instead.
I don't follow Reich, but someone that I follow here posts links to his toots (usually with a comment added) every few days.
@dec23k
Yeah, I'm in the same boat - I follow a serial Reich booster, but they boost many actually good things, so I took the path of least pain ;)
@GLaDTheresCake @Cassandra
Yeah, I'm in the same boat - I follow a serial Reich booster, but they boost many actually good things, so I took the path of least pain ;)
@GLaDTheresCake @Cassandra
@xinit
The more I look at this, the worse it gets.
Screenshots of Bluesky posts, with some of them in dark mode and some of them in light mode, all of them with the date/time cropped out. Not even a "6 minutes ago".
The more I look at this, the worse it gets.
Screenshots of Bluesky posts, with some of them in dark mode and some of them in light mode, all of them with the date/time cropped out. Not even a "6 minutes ago".
@dec23k I thought I was imagining the dark/light mode thing. It's bizarre. Same for the unattributed posts from random accounts. Careless.
ottawasteph ๐๏ธ
Collette Lynner@rbreich a tent with cages. what do you think will happen in the first hurricane that hits
Werner Rhein
Internet Rando@rbreich why do people keep spelling #AlligatorAuschwitz wrong?? I can't carry all this water myself.
Kevin RussellPoverty is arranged. Poverty is built. Poverty is enforced.
Poverty is a shameful crime of the wealthy.
Sceptre.@rbreich The devil destroys. There is no compassion within him.
Lam 'al Adie@rbreich
Although it is very obvious, that concentration camps are neither "housing" nor do they provide food better than calories or anything which might resemble medical treatment.
Only thing this proves is, that they are willing to spend lots of money to make lives worse.
jmht@rbreich Truth. Though I suspect the conditions here would be considered unacceptable for the homeless.
Brian Grinter@rbreich Alligator Auschwitz is a $450m tent city. Someone needs to audit that shit
Dr. Sobek@rbreich Stolen to add alt-text.
Also, it's Alligator Auschwitz. It's a concentration camp, not a prison.
NutriamixI think itโs more accurate to say, โThey can. They just donโt want to.โ
That would be socialism!