yo this is an actual, per-Geneva-Conventions war crime?https://twitter.com/safrazie/status/1266874958757523456 …
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Replying to @segfaultvicta
By definition, nothing a government does against its citizens is a war crime. But otherwise?
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Replying to @mssilverstein @segfaultvicta
Yeah, it's a crime against humanity, not a war crime
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The concept of collective punishment is considered a fundamental violation of the modern concept of due process, although it was a staple of law and order in ancient empires
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Trump governs a great deal like a corrupt emperor, believing that the services the federal government provides its citizens are an act of divine grace and generosity for which they must perform gratitude and obeisance
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
And ingratitude can be punished by labeling whole communities disloyal That the mechanisms of the state exist to provide incentives both positive and negative - carrots and sticks - to force citizens to police their own neighbors for disloyalty
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This feudal mindset is trickle-down, once the whole country is run this way no one in power has any reason not to act like a dictator themselves
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