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The only purpose of DHS is to repress Americans. The excuse they used to create it (to resolve lack of communication between intelligence services) could have been solved with a minor office in the FBI for a tiny, tiny fraction of the cost. They wanted a tool of repression and so they used a terrorist attack to fund one.
The public will call to defund or abolish and the dnc’s answer will be to increase funding and expand their power. We’ve already been through this in 2020
Russia really fucked us up with social media brainwashing retards
It’s bullshit lemmy.world censors our comments with removed
Pretty sure it’s .ml that’s doing that.
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It wasn’t Russia its our own government
Now it is our government because our dumb fuck relatives and neighbors voted for the R. and they replaced original government officials with corrupt government officials.
Ain’t that the truth. Too many dipshits got internet access and this is why we are here.
Not enough education
The deadly combination of Fox News and social media. Fuck everyone who has been involved in the creation of addictive social media algorithms. You are the modern Oppenheimer.
You can’t say this. You can’t do this. It’s exactly what Trump wants. Stop resisting. Stop resisting. Stop resisting.
Bang bang bang
Democratic Party leadership will not allow this to happen. They serve the same wealthy individuals and corporations as the Republicans, and those factions need a paramilitary force to quell the inevitable uprising(s) that will result from the collapse of the American economy and constitutional order.
You are being overtaken in a pincer maneuver.
There are functions that I’m sure ICE/DHS did or do that are probably necessary for the country. But ICE/DHS are fundamentally corrupted. They need to be eliminated, and we need new departments that are accountable, and chartered in a way that they can’t grow into the corrupt beasts that ICE/DHS are.
Everything ICE/DHS did/does (officially, not murder), was done before ICE existed. It was created for the purpose it’s fulfilling now. INS and USCS already existed.
The point of the creation of DHS (and by extension ICE) was to give the Bush admin a way to utilize the over-reaching powers they granted themselves after the World Trade Center. Because they believed in a Unitarian executive, they wanted all power under the Presidents direct control, and out of agencies that may not go along with their agenda.
Well, the beast ate it’s own fucking tail didn’t it.
I keep seeing this idea float around that there is some perfect organizational method to government that will prevent corruption. I don’t think that’s possible. All forms of government rely on the people involved acting in good faith. At the end of the day there are only two things that keep any governmental system functioning as intended:
- the internal moral judgment of government officials (for those that have morals)
- fear of consequences (for those that have no morals)
Clearly the US is currently dealing with those who have no morals, which means the primary problem is that they do not fear consequences. It is incumbent on the citizens to ensure #2 is in place, in the absence of #1. The US is failing miserably in that respect.
Okay… but wait until July when we switch over to the NIH contract.
Not gonna happen til there’s a revolution
