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What it was used to justify is unforgivable, but please remember that a population of ~350m people is not a monolith. Our government is garbage, but many of us were aware of what was being done in the name of “national security” and protesting /voting against it at the time.

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phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Americans … protesting

You’re kidding, right? If Americans are incapable of doing anything, its protesting. And don’t tell me about the sad “no kings” protests, that was nothing.

I know that many Americans, maybe even most, don’t agree with US policies, but that is the problem: you’ve allowed a tiny rich minority to abuse your and other countries for well over a century and you haven’t done shit to stop that. Its gone on for so long that most left wing people in the USA are still having right wing ideas because you dont even know better

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- bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  “At the time” referring to Bush-era police state codification.
  
  “No kings” responds with some shot that happened like a year ago.
  
  K.
  
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