I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
Feb 6, 2026 05:12I understand people are fighting them in their communities, but so far most of the media and politicians don’t treat the concept as unspeakably abominable.
And I get the carceral state of America is not a new issue, but I think when they’ve set aside an enormous amount of money to build concentration camps that seem to be worse than the worst prisons, I’m not sure “we’ve always been this way” is the most helpful way to motivate righteous outrage.
Americans also shrug at constantly bombing much smaller countries for the purpose of “national security”.
America is now third world, to me.
