• FMT99@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I’m not defending the bad things our government does. But do we see mass arrests of people wearing Luigi shirts? Will you be denied a passport as a result of posting some critical message on social media? I had friends, very average unimportant people, who were detained for days at a Chinese airport for having a social media history showing support for Taiwan. It’s not the same thing.

    • Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      We have several prisoners at Guantanamo with absolutely no tangible connection to terrorist organizations. They have been there for 20 years in some cases and have no release or court date scheduled.

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      4 hours ago

      Us has largest prison population in the world?

      Capitalist regimes targets people differently but the function of the oppression is the same.