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minus-squarespacemanspiffy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOne characteristic I often hear about fascist states is that voicing opinions against the state will get you punished or possibly disappeared. My observations is that people in the US are still free to criticize the government however they see fit. Do you have examples to the contrary, or if not, how to you reconcile this?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoPolice forcibly removing peaceful protestors who say israel is commiting genocide. To me this is trying to silence critisicm of the intitution supporting it
One characteristic I often hear about fascist states is that voicing opinions against the state will get you punished or possibly disappeared.
My observations is that people in the US are still free to criticize the government however they see fit.
Do you have examples to the contrary, or if not, how to you reconcile this?
Police forcibly removing peaceful protestors who say israel is commiting genocide. To me this is trying to silence critisicm of the intitution supporting it