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1. NO POLITICS
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
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5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
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This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
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cops are allowed to lie to you. that's fucked up. they should have to add that to the Miranda rights. Anything the officer says can and will be bullshit.
Why do you, as a people, allow such a thing?
They have guns and license to kill, tough guy
I ain't no bitch, but I tuck my dick for goons everytime BC I got people who rely on me to live so I can't get killed by some metally ill wife beater.
The politicians of both sides allow it. How do you propose we fix it?
I can't tell because I don't know all the details of your system of governance.
But the general principle of a democracy is that the people are the highest authority, and the elected ones, who make the laws, have to serve the people.
You think there is democracy in the US? Our votes don’t even matter because politicians purposefully draw the districts to favor the outcome they want (gerrymandering) and it’s completely legal because the people in charge of making the laws are the same people that are in control and want to stay in control.
The US is soft despotism. Giant corporations literally buy the laws they want at the expense of the people, because politicians like money and are happy to sign away bills for a large ~~bribe~~ gift of a million dollars. The people aren’t in control and haven’t been anywhere close to in control for nearly a century.
What was illegal for President Warren G Harding in the 1920’s (giving all his under qualified buddies cabinet positions, so they could all make huge deals with government contracts) is now just the norm and completely legal.
Last time when they voted, the still acted that way... :)
That’s why I mentioned that the US is just operating in a form of soft despotism. It is not obvious the the American people.
Most US citizens believe they have the power or believe they have a lot of power or even at least some power.
Soft despotism gives people the illusion that they are in control, but actually they don’t have any real influence over the government.
The problem is that the people aren’t in control anymore. Laws have been twisted to basically allow big business to own the government. The conservatives which is not the majority have screed things up to the point that I’m not sure how we fix this anymore. 1969 ? Maybe. Today? No idea how we fix it
They were never in control in US. US regime from its inception was the government by the rich for the rich. Empire needed a buy in from a base so they treated white settlers as that base and gave them rights by mistake. Having what is now considered some basic human rights was novel back then but it is kinda expected now. And every regime is rolling them back, not just tUS.
Starts with direct action and ends with solidarity
Because we thrive on suffering.
If someone is innocent then lying shouldn't be able to lead them to a confession
It does though, and it happens all the time. Many people will offer false confessions because they think the police have constructed a viable case against them and it is simply their least bad option to hope they cab get out of prison a little earlier.
They'll also gaslight, manipulate, or torture people into confessing. It's really fucked up.
What about innocent people who are coerced into admissions of guilt?
Fawning is a well studied stress response (1), false confessions happen.
“Anything you say can and will be used against you”
Innocent people get charges all the time because they don’t shut up when talking to cops.
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