By all criteria, this a concentration camp. Not “concentration camp” as rhetorical inflation, or emotionally manipulative shorthand, or edgy metaphor—but as in: literally.

As in: detention without trial, state control, inhumane living conditions, forced labor, dehumanization, brutal violence, isolation from accountability, psychological torture, and—by every available logical extension—murder.

That last one we can’t yet verify in the strict evidentiary sense, but the circumstances suggest it like smoke suggests fire, and they are already trying to hide their actions and deny what is occurring.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    They’re right that we should at minimum not allow them to define how we talk about this, and we should call it what it is.

    But we should also have a plan to avoid getting put in a concentration camp when we do so. Stay safe, and be good everyone.