As most people know, there’s a heavy police and national guard presence in DC. However, as far as I know, they are just booting people out of DC, not making them disappear.

It stands to reason when the police and national guard presence goes back to its old level that many of the people will just come back, since we haven’t resolved any of the underlying problems that led to all the crime and homelessness.

Keeping all those people posted up costs a lot of money. I would say unless the plan is to have the military permanently occupy every major US city, that we are wasting our time.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a big fan of crime or homelessness, but this just seems like a temporary way to move the problem around at great expense, not to solve it.

Am I missing something here?

  • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    It’s not pointless, it has a very clear point: centralize the police in the single territory free from the federal/state devide, where the entirety of the government that controls the country functions, and place it under the direct control of an autocratic ruler who has previously used control of this territory to avoid consequences for his crimes

    The primary difference is he’s doing it in year 1 in preparation for what he’s about to do instead of retroactively in the last 20 days to try to save his ass. If that doesn’t scare the shit of of you then it should

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Come on, it’s not about crime. It’s about control, and normalising the presence of military forces in American cities.

  • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 days ago

    It’s not about crime or anything. Fascists always seek control. They are insecure and yet try to create the image of being in power. The machismo is all there is for them: they want to stifle and silence opposition. Which we won’t let happen! All of us share the same fight: against that Epstein creep.

    Release the Epstein Files And Step Down

  • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    It’s not pointless. The point is to get people to forget that the president is a pedophile.

      • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        17 days ago

        I’ve read fucking history books, thank you very much, and I’m not the idiot you think I am.

        The US has always been a fascist country at it’s core. You can’t get Americans upset about fascism. Not enough care to make a difference.

        Child rape may be a crack in their armor. The true fascists I know are pissed about that.

        Hammer at what works.