Why “Detention” is being discussed
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I didn't paste the full reply. Nevertheless, I can confirm the reply was factually correct and in no way seemed like it was deflecting and/or making it seem like an issue b…
by kouteiheika · Oct 6, 2026
In the US you just get thrown in immigration detention for a few weeks instead.
by ctolsen · Oct 6, 2026
Pre-crime prevention and detention will be the end goal. The economic devastation caused by AI will make large swaths of people get angry. Better use that massive amounts of dat…
by yolp5 · Oct 5, 2026
That seems like a rather tribal take on your part. Are you not accounting for the indigenous people who were killed and displaced? What about slavery and Jim Crow? What about wo…
by mangodrunk · Oct 5, 2026
What EA has turned into is analogous to what the US Government has turned into. It took 250 years for the US to go from the constitution to ICE detention centers and banned jour…
by BLKNSLVR · Oct 4, 2026
I'm saying we dismantle the sprawling security state that was built in the early aughts and replace it with something fair and humane. I'm not arguing to stop deportations. I'd…
by cdrnsf · Oct 3, 2026
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