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Trump classifies “anti-capitalism” as a political pre-crime (jacobin.com)

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Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 112 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Since when is there even such a thing as a "political crime", let alone any kind of "pre-crime"?

You can't criminalize someone's political beliefs, unless you're talking about making "thought crimes" a thing. And last time I checked "pre-crime" implies you haven't actually committed any crimes yet...which makes you not actually guilty of anything.

This whole fucking premise is based on stupidity.

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

You can't criminalize someone's political beliefs

Clearly you can if you're a fascist scum. I'm not surprised at all and things will only get worse if no one stands up to him.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago

Tell that to the Communist Control Act of 1954.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

This whole fucking premise is based on ~~stupidity~~ control and power.

FTFY

See, if it were based on stupidity, that would imply these measures are based on good faith efforts to solve a real problem.

What we have here is fabricated issues being "solved" with measures that don't need to make sense. They just need it to give them more power, more control. It doesn't matter if they look "stupid". They aren't acting in good faith to begin with.

[–] Coopr8@kbin.earth 31 points 2 days ago

This is the entire goal of Palantir, presictive policing using mass surveillance data on citizens. Tie in digital ID and you have an even worse version of the CCP's Social Credit system.

[–] lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just wait until the dream police come, get jailed for dream crimes.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You joke, but my wife gets mad at me for stuff I did in HER dreams, sometimes. The injustice is real.

[–] itsworkthatwedo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Omg for real. To be fair, I'm a huge prick in her dreams.

[–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

My partner has face blindness, mine is one of a handful of faces that she recognizes on their own because I have a facial feature that's distinctive enough that she recognizes it. So I am a frequent character in her dreams. Luckily she's not the type to get mad at me for something I did in her dreams.