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.

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    12 hours ago

    Isn’t this photo from Bolivia?

    There were a very similar photo for the real american prison in el Salvador and it was debunked as such.

    Edit: from the reputed website davidgate.substack.com

    Edit2: oh its on .ml I thought I had that site filtered out.