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Wounded Bear

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82. Authoritarianism 101...

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 03:35 PM

Feb 16

Round up the opposition and incarcerate them.

While the Holocaust rightly gets a lot of ink/pixels as one of the most heinous acts in human history, some of the first residents of the camps were journalists and opposition leaders, including politicians. Not death camps, of course, that came later. But the first concentration camps were for opposition leaders.

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A thought... what if the "new" detention centers all over the country being aquired are for... [View all] mysteryowl Feb 16 OP

Not meant the wrong way, so don't take it that way--YA THINK? durablend Feb 16 #1

They are for ENEMIES of the STATE.......Democrats KS Toronado Feb 16 #50

Yes, they're for US... liberalla Feb 16 #58

That's correct. SergeStorms Feb 16 #65

Permanent for as long as the health if the individual holds out Norbert Feb 16 #69

A psychopath a narcissist I_UndergroundPanther Tuesday #120

"Tausendjhriges Reich." Thousand-year Empire of Nazi Germany. Wednesdays Feb 16 #102

Good thing.... cannabis_flower Feb 16 #92

I saw a video of a woman recording ICE and one of the thugs came up to her, mysteryowl Feb 16 #2

At some point, they will declare the "immigrant problem" solved and they will move on to "domestic terrorists". Midnight Writer Feb 16 #3

Some point soon. IrishAfricanAmerican Feb 16 #66

They are already making their lists. It is in progress. Midnight Writer Feb 16 #68

they won't wait justsomeguy01 Tuesday #129

Those prisons are for us. 1WorldHope Feb 16 #4

They are not prisons, gab13by13 Feb 16 #18

In Some prisons people have rights, but I haven't heard of very many satisfied customers. 1WorldHope Feb 16 #88

Like german concentration camps? Mosby Feb 16 #93

They will soon run out of "low hanging fruit" after that it's anyone's guess who will end up in those corporate gulags. Klarkashton Feb 16 #5

Big Prison otchmoson Feb 16 #26

For-profit prisons are evil, for exactly this reason (n/m) Soul_of_Wit Feb 16 #38

I think this is the 25th straight year Dreamer Tatum Feb 16 #6

This is different and includes people protesting in the streets, etc. mysteryowl Feb 16 #8

It's always been different Dreamer Tatum Feb 16 #11

That is reasuring. I hope you are right. mysteryowl Feb 16 #12

We need to do more than hope MadameButterfly Feb 16 #67

Of course! mysteryowl Feb 16 #117

Thanks for these comments! ShazzieB Feb 16 #60

I think you are right. There are simply too many of us. NH Ethylene Feb 16 #61

He can't get all of us MadameButterfly Feb 16 #70

A Modern Military Fully Turned Against a Population ForeGoneLegsBirne Feb 16 #101

Also Peter Thiel and Elon vapor2 Feb 16 #106

Too Many of Us 2na fisherman Feb 16 #108

Said the Jews in 1935 Berlin. CanonRay Feb 16 #81

I agree it's unlikely, at least in the numbers that it would take to minimize the opposition. They'd have to lock up LymphocyteLover Feb 16 #84

But now, there are actual camps that will be ready and waiting. Intractable Feb 16 #10

The hell it hasn't happened, gab13by13 Feb 16 #21

Prove there are concentration camps first nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 16 #28

Webster's definition gab13by13 Feb 16 #36

I am sure there are hundreds of concentration camps all over the US Dreamer Tatum Feb 16 #40

You don't have a problem with me gab13by13 Feb 16 #48

I don't have a problem at all, except for the thousands murdered daily Dreamer Tatum Feb 16 #52

There doesn't need to be hundreds of camps MadameButterfly Feb 16 #71

It's not a quibble I ever hoped to have to make, but you're confusing concentration camps with death camps Emrys Feb 16 #90

What do you think these "detention centers" are? AllyCat Feb 16 #56

What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison? Norrrm Feb 16 #113

here ya go Be The Light Tuesday #131

"prove me wrong"? SCantiGOP Feb 16 #97

You really think otchmoson Feb 16 #27

When it does happen durablend Feb 16 #33

And now the camps exist mahina Feb 16 #49

in previous years they weren't actually building TBF Feb 16 #53

Then what are all the warehouses for? nt Nittersing Feb 16 #54

Thank goodness no one is being thrown into camps. Torchlight Feb 16 #55

No one's been thrown into a camp? Torchlight Feb 16 #59

Alligator Alcatraz ShazzieB Feb 16 #62

I'm thinking Torchlight agrees with you MadameButterfly Feb 16 #73

Oh, duh. ShazzieB Feb 16 #83

People also fretted over timms139 Feb 16 #63

Never before did it seem like one party was serious about ending democracy MadameButterfly Feb 16 #75

Feeding $$ to the commercial real estate industry n/t leftstreet Feb 16 #7

Bank on it! Traildogbob Feb 16 #9

The Senate for sure cannot re-fund DHS mysteryowl Feb 16 #22

Communities are standing up Traildogbob Feb 16 #47

Stand-up! Fight-back! mysteryowl Feb 16 #118

Can they be used for crimes against humanity/the planet trials, too? OC375 Feb 16 #13

Yeah, but our side won't do it that way MadameButterfly Feb 16 #76

if he deportd the immigrants that leaves these valuable private sector corporate assets empty rampartd Feb 16 #14

It is crucial the Senate does NOT re-fund DHS. mysteryowl Feb 16 #16

The Big Ugly Death Bill already funded ICE gab13by13 Feb 16 #25

I am aware. mysteryowl Feb 16 #29

Maybe in time for Nov elections? ICE Nazis rounding up "suspicious" voters say they are working off FBI tips yaesu Feb 16 #15

Vote early by mail, for sure! mysteryowl Feb 16 #17

I'm voting early in person MadameButterfly Feb 16 #78

Yes, I think it will be different in each state and city. mysteryowl Feb 16 #116

Good to know this MadameButterfly Tuesday #126

We need a new name rather than "detention center" as that's not what flvegan Feb 16 #19

True mysteryowl Feb 16 #20

Why can't they be called concentration camps gab13by13 Feb 16 #31

I didn't say they couldn't flvegan Feb 16 #46

We are assuming these will be different from those in Nazi Germany MadameButterfly Feb 16 #85

See #36 MadameButterfly Feb 16 #79

Citizens are not off-limits anymore. DHS and ICE don't care about the law dalton99a Feb 16 #23

They are creating a lot of empty cots, waiting for warm bodies Torchlight Feb 16 #24

Cots would be an improvement. TommyT139 Feb 16 #77

I gotta hope that the next administration fixes up these places for our homeless or people waiting for their papers Deuxcents Feb 16 #30

They are concentration camps. This all must end NOW. usonian Feb 16 #32

I'm sure we too will have Peace for Our Time. Multichromatic Feb 16 #103

Of course they are xuplate Feb 16 #34

They assume Americans are going to camps like sheep? orangecrush Feb 16 #35

How many Americans are already in those camps? gab13by13 Feb 16 #39

I keep my Glock and 12-gauge shotgun by the front door. MuirHero Feb 16 #89

I don't own any guns orangecrush Feb 16 #99

I can't shoot my way out of a paper bag. I_UndergroundPanther Tuesday #122

Every accusation is a confession Soul_of_Wit Feb 16 #37

This maladministration's answer to the Soviet-era gulag archipelagos that Solzhenitsyn wrote about. Texin Feb 16 #41

Thats why I always Junipercity Feb 16 #42

Forget the toothbrush and spare set of underwear. MuirHero Feb 16 #91

Well, yea. That works too. Junipercity Feb 16 #107

Human Rights Violations Justice matters. Feb 16 #43

Trump calls anyone that opposes him the doc03 Feb 16 #44

Well this is one proud Democrat who will not be helping to fill his concentration camps. MuirHero Feb 16 #94

If they wish. Junipercity Feb 16 #45

It is funny and sad that I--and I am sure many others here at DU--never even considered any other possibility... Ol Janx Spirit Feb 16 #51

This was being predicted, way back when Dubya was president synni Feb 16 #57

Can we just call them Concentration Camps ? dem4decades Feb 16 #64

Not just yes but hell yes! MuirHero Feb 16 #95

I've been saying that for a while now. Too many facilities; too much capacity for anything else. patphil Feb 16 #72

Defcon 2 BidenRocks Feb 16 #74

Absolutely! MuirHero Feb 16 #96

The "Tea Party" was complaining about Obama building "FEMA Concentration Camps".. hmmmm LiberalArkie Feb 16 #80

We have their pictures! BidenRocks Feb 16 #104

Authoritarianism 101... Wounded Bear Feb 16 #82

Not needed for people who will be quickly deported V850i Feb 16 #86

That's exactly... 2naSalit Feb 16 #87

Or they are for people criticizing ICE. Autumn Feb 16 #98

He's doing everything that Hitler did. Blue Full Moon Feb 16 #100

1939 revisited. Joinfortmill Feb 16 #105

Nick Fuentes advocates Gulags(detention centers) for women Sane1 Feb 16 #109

Fuentes kiss my ass I_UndergroundPanther Tuesday #123

We've been saying that for months. James48 Feb 16 #110

in 2029, what can those structure be turned into? SleeplessinSoCal Feb 16 #111

That's exactly what they're for. Oneironaut Feb 16 #112

I think so too. mysteryowl Feb 16 #115

What if? The only rational thing to think given everything KPN Feb 16 #114

If the definition of, "Concentration Camp," includes people who are political prisoners, Bayard Feb 16 #119

Well said mysteryowl Tuesday #121

Obviously. quakerboy Tuesday #124

not "ifs" about it. nt Javaman Tuesday #125

They are future death camps JustAnotherGen Tuesday #127

In case you wonder why they're building all these Data Centers.... JohnnyRingo Tuesday #128

They are concentration camps and moniss Tuesday #130