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Johnson Says Pentagon Needs More Money for ‘Fighting Communism on Our Own Shores’ (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You've got mostly good laws

No. No we do not. I mean for Hell's sake we incarcerate way now individuals per capita than any other nation in the planet.

Or so called justice system is fucking horseshit.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about application. But the ideas behind them are OK. And I'm amazed that democracy is still not totally broken, despite the efforts of your current government and the spinelessness of the opposition.

[–] ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

No.

The ideas behind them involved slavery and genocide. Otherwise known as "colonial settler" behavior.

We have always been the baddies.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯