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If the USA and China goes to war, how likely will Chinese-Americans end up in "internment camps" like what happened to Japanese-Americans during WW2?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

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  • AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have a feeling that no matter who is in charge, we’ll either see that or a large emphasis put on keeping tabs on them. Either way, it would be a nasty situation for everyone involved.

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  • RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    100% and it will be worse.

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    • VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Covid was a glimpse.

      I had coworkers who left small towns because they were Asian. Imagine being Filipino and having racists shout Chinaflu at you. Every single Asian person I met has a story.

      I also had a friend disown their parents because they harassed a Thai family all during covid, calling them child smugglers. I’ve met these people, and they were perfectly wonderful 15 years ago. Just oblivious racists.

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    • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They already have internment camps. They’ll just build more.

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  • dickalan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    100%

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  • Freshparsnip@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Under the current administration, very likely

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  • Epialtes@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Probably high.

    Of course most people would be shocked at even the idea. But given time, paranoia, stress,… they would end up finding it necessary

    War cause extreme polarization. Extreme polarization turn the nicest purest man into a sociopathic monster.

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    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s no “people” involved in that decision. There’s Trump. If he barred any public opinion he wouldn’t be half as destructive as he is.

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  • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You want to talk about concentration camps? We’re already expanding our own Black Site.

    America has the highest incarceration rate in the world. The average maximum security prison holds 800-1200 prisoners. The largest, Angola, LA, holds over 8000.

    Our most famous black site, Guantanamo Bay, located in CUBA (WTF?), currently holds about 120. They are now building a facility there, that will hold 30,000 prisoners. That’s nearly 4 times our largest prison, which is already about 8 times larger than average.

    The question is: Who do they intend to put in that new facility, which is far from any oversight by the media or the courts. It’s in fucking Cuba, which is controlled by…well, you get it.

    I was a victim of the recent Reddit bloodbath, with a 12 year/ 900K+ karma account. Clearly, they reviewed my high-volume posting account, and they know how I feel about them, and the punishments they have earned. I expect that at some point, there is a pretty good chance I’ll be getting a free vacation to Cuba.

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    • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Right there with you bud. Constantly on edge about when they will decide to abduct my wife at work or while shopping. It’s a good thing I made peace with my near term death a long time ago, or this might be stressful.

      Twitch

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      • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ive been warning my family and friends that at my age, I’ve got nothing to lose, and if the government were to do something to my son (who fits a few vulnerable groups), i would become a very dangerous man. And my danger wouldn’t be random, or aimed at innocent civilians, it would be tightly targeted.

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  • 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nobody else is commenting on it but we know for a fact that China’s government is operating illegal “police stations” inside the United States and Canada, to regulate the behavior of Chinese people inside our countries. Yes, there will be Chinese internment camps and these Chinese agents operating inside out countries will be the start of those camps. They will be real enemies among us. The question is just if our governments will stop at those real enemies or if it’ll expand beyond what’s just.

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    • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yup, they’re running those everywhere. Exhibit A.

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    • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      China’s government is operating illegal “police stations” inside the United States and Canada

      That’d be pretty big if it’s true, how come nobody seems to know about this?

      Do you have any good sources on this?

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      • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They’re running them in Scotland.

        Are you a Chinese troll?

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      • Mossheart@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The government of Canada themselves?

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      • 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I thought this was common knowledge. Here’s one about the US. If you look, you can easily find one about Canada or other countries.

        thehill.com/…/4008817-crack-down-on-illegal-chine…

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    • zbyte64@awful.systems ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s not even a question when we’re literally fighting for due process.

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  • Bonus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    All Americans & all people in or attempting to enter America are in danger of being disappeared now.

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    • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Buy guns and form support networks with neighbors

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      • Bonus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Form a well-regulated militia. It’s what they’ve been telling us to do.

        The Founding generation understood that large standing armies were dangerous threats to liberty, especially when controlled by authoritarian governments who sought to disarm the general population.

        www.heritage.org/…/the-well-regulated-militia

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    • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hell, trans people staying in the US are in danger of being disappeared now.

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  • shani66@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Guaranteed, and that’s without your hypothetical war. Currently it’s just a matter of time.

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  • boydster@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We’re already well-started down this path with brown people that we aren’t at war with. The group of undesirables must constantly expand under fascist leadership. To answer you succinctly: incredibly likely, perhaps even a near certainty

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  • Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Depends on how hard it is to set the camps on fire and how much they’re hidden from the local population. In a better timeliness.

    In this timeline, it would probably occur in a number of the states but I do like to hope some would resist.

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Less likely than EVERYONE who looks Asian ending up in camps.

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    • db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Japanese people aren’t Asian, but Indian (from India) people are. There’s no underlying logic, it’s just hate.

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      • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You’re British, yes? Ignore the US centric douche canoes.

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      • whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Were you homeschooled by a pigeon?

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If Japan isn’t part of the Asian continent what continent is it part of? 🤨

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  • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    100%

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