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Disappointing move by Sherrill.
I'm curious as to why state Governors seem powerless to stop these concentration camps in their state.
I guess they are federal contracts, so they don't have the authority to end them?
But isn't there other things that can be done? Can they not penalize anyone who chooses to work there by imposing a 100% state income tax on them or something?
There has to be something they can do. I'm convinced that they don't want to expend the political capital required.
They support the camps. This all only looks confusing if you refuse to accept that democratic leadership wants them too. The rest is theater.
I don’t know about "wants them too". The people in the camps are overwhelmingly democrat supporters, even if they can't vote.
I think it is more that doing anything actionable to stop them would likely fail and that would make them look bad. So they don't want to act because there is nothing for them to gain.
Occam's razor says it's because of class solidarity among the elite. If they think standing up to fascists is unpopular, then it's because they are only thinking of what's popular with those who have power. But they trained as well to expect incompetence from the whole lot.
If you don't vote (whether voluntarily or because you can't) then you don't count to these people.
In this case they are parents of potential voters, and in some cases potential voters themselves. And they are also potential community leaders who can support the politician and get them more votes.
"There is no money in it for me if I fight for your human dignity. So you can starve to death in the rape camps." -DNC
-politicians Fixed that for you.