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goldylochnesstoday at 12:26 AM3 repliesview on HN

all these governments that supposedly prided themselves on their freedoms and fair processes are somehow becoming prisons to their own citizens


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unsupp0rtedtoday at 10:34 AM

They're right to do that: they filled their country with criminals and gave them citizenship. The natural next step is to make them prisons.

layla5alivetoday at 2:16 AM

Seriously, and more than that, "by the people and for the people" are increasingly becoming hollow words contrasted with the reality of daily life. Corruption is increasingly rampant, and it's "rules for thee but not for me" everywhere you look (where thee are normal citizens, and me is corporations and government).

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kyprotoday at 3:39 AM

They don't pride themselves on those values though. Claims of democracy, tolerance, freedom, and rule of law are selectively used as justifications for whatever crap Western governments want to do. If they actually believed in these things they would act differently.