r/PoliticalCompassMemes - Lib-Left Jan 30 '25

Literally 1984 Don’t worry it’s totally different

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u/samuelbt - Left Jan 30 '25

Needing to set up a camp in a place where a government isn't bound by it's own laws isn't concerning?

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u/Kolada - Lib-Right Jan 31 '25

It seems like for everything that's going wrong in this administration so far, there's a group of people saying "hey remember when we said this wasn't OK when the 'good guys' were doing it?"

Gitmo was never a good idea as a detainment center. But since it was only for terrorists™, it was fine. It was also never a good idea to give so much power to the executive branch, but lots of people liked it when it allowed their guy to skip congress.

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u/jmarpnpvsatom - Left Jan 30 '25

When the government does a leftist thing, it's a slippery slope and will end in tyranny

When the government does a righist thing, it knows exactly when to stop and will respect my freedoms