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California prof, International Studies & Emily, Henry, Kinga, Aschalew, and Zofia's dad NB: I am here for public conversation, not private ones.
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In the spirit for calling things exactly as they are: We are seeing the next iteration of modern day slavery. It’s the next logical step in Capitalism’s inevitable slide into Fascism. Industry requires cheaper labor. For-profit prisons are only too happy to supply it, and make a tidy sum doing so.

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California/Minnesota solidarity sign seen at huge San Francisco "No Kings" March.

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Trump's actions this afternoon are an occasion to revisit the age old question in political philosophy first posed by Ptolemy of Lucca (c. 1236–c. 1327): "Ought a ruler declare Martial Law in parts of a country that he leads, if those places are not white enough for the leader's liking?"

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