• faltryka@lemmy.world
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    Look if you want to know why we’re spending money on detaining a tourist for longer than their planned leave date, take particular note of the profit motive hinted at in the article when they mention she’s being held by a private contractor…

    We often say cruelty is the point, but it isn’t really… Profit is the point, and cruelty just happens to be cheaper than humanity.

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      Profit is the point, and cruelty just happens to be cheaper than humanity.

      Well stated.

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    I really wanted to visit the US in the nineties but I couldn’t really afford it. After 2001 with the Patriot Act and all that bullshit that basically amounted to a complete abolition of the rule of law, I changed my mind. I really hope sanity returns there some day but I’ll probably be dead by then.