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Do we call this Nazi concentration camps yet, or is this still a "slippery slope" and is Trump still cutely "flirting with authoritarianism"?
It is, by definition, a concentration camp. Rather than Nazi, I would call it christofascist
Absolutely, says Merriam-Webster:
concentration camp
noun
: a place where large numbers of people (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious minority) are detained or confined under armed guard
used especially in reference to camps created by the Nazis in World War II for the internment and persecution of Jews and other prisoners
“This place is built to break us,” said Sokhean Keo, a California City detainee who is facing deportation to Cambodia and refused to eat for several days last week to protest conditions. “There is nothing but harassment and torture here. It’s inhumane, unsanitary and a health hazard every single day … Please, please help us, please.”
In interviews over the last two weeks, California City detainees have claimed:
staff were not consistently giving people daily medications, and some detainees fell unconscious due to health issues;
some toilets and sinks were backed up or not functioning properly, creating a stench;
detainees were left to clean their own cells, but not given proper supplies;
detainees were confined to cells for hours, and when they were allowed outdoors, it was sometimes only for 30 minutes a day in a dusty area with nothing to do;
small food portions left people hungry, with some saying they rationed meals and feared the water they were drinking was dirty.
I don't understand the idea of not eating as a protest against this.
They already wish you were dead. Why would they care if you starved yourself?
Because it's the only way to garner attention from the media.