While I share your pessimism, I also know that some of these dudes are just scared to lose their job. I’m not saying that they are innocent just that they are in the same boat we all are with our jobs. If I got fired I’d be bankrupt in a month if not less. I’m sure there are plenty of ICE that we don’t see that are freaking the fuck out. The only ones we see in clips online are the ones that will immediately volunteer when asked if they want to go arrest some brown people.
And to reiterate, that does not make these guys innocent. They are complacent and watching this happen without lifting a finger to help. The “just following orders” crowd, if you will.
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As in nope, none of them are smart enough, or nope, they place loyalty to each other over self-interest?
skeezix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As in nope thinking the regime is going to fall is just copium hopium
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Refresh my memory. How long were they boasting that the Third Reich would last?
tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
There are many counterexamples to the third reich. China and Russia have been police states for a long time, with no end in sight.
skeezix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They said they would be guardians of power for a thousand generations. It lasted 12 years. So given that it’s this year theyre going full nazi, you can expect them out in 2037.
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If I was paid by putin to say dumb shit on the internet, specifically designed to make people feel bad and assist idiots, I might say exactly this.