The ever prescient @kixes:
“Nobody ever told me that the hardest part of living under authoritarianism—especially Singapore’s insidious, “soft” version that seems to be becoming attractive to other governments around the world—is not what they do to you, but what they make you do to yourself and to the people around you”
https://adimagazine.com/articles/no-free-labor-for-authoritarians/
I feel like this person is describing the United States during my entire lifetime, until Trump took over.
@johnzajac @skinnylatte @kixes i say this with the intent to educate but i think you may have massive tunnel vision, or otherwise massively missed the point some other way, if you think this sounds like US.
soft authoritarianism is everywhere but even after the current administration have taken over there is still loads more freedom of speech and dissent than what is described in the article
I mean, are you aware of the Cop City prosecutions? "Bought a sandwich" is apparently a RICO violation.
Prairieland?
The hundreds of felony prosecutions under Biden and Trump for Gaza protesters whose crimes included "grafitti" and "setting up a tent"?
The tendency of police to simply shoot Black people they don't like the look of?
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"Technically, protests aren’t criminalized in Singapore. You just have to apply for a police permit fourteen working days in advance, even if you’re just one person holding a placard."
Sounds familiar. "Your time has elapsed and you must now disperse" is a common phrase used by US police to excuse the sudden shooting and gassing of peaceful protesters.
"They were told to disperse" is usually the excuse given when they blind people or cause TBIs or lung injury.
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