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resters ◴[] No.44450054[source]
As the US slowly becomes N. Korea...
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monetus ◴[] No.44450748[source]
How in the world did Juche become our national philosophy? I'm not sure, but I think about it all the time now.

I'm on HN, so I tend to want to blame the ad industry. It's pretty nebulous to think that "made in America" directly snowballed into this; so many things did. The freakier nativism in advertising really could use a break right about now though.

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1. pjc50 ◴[] No.44454268[source]
Sibling comment has it about right: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44450898

One of the underlying contradictory elements in the national philosophy of America since its founding has been white supremacy. Yes, that conflicts with "believe all men are created equal". No, this hasn't been properly resolved despite periods of extreme violence. I believe it's the anniversary of Gettysburg about now?

Hence the $45bn for putting people in camps. It's right there in the budget. Of course, that drip-fed in bipartisan fashion: there have been (smaller!) internments of immigrants for a long time.