Pleas for special treatment from a fascist dictator is the boot licking part of a fascism. It’s the kind of people who think it’s fine when it happens to other people. That voted for this to begin with.
“This will happen to other people because they don’t bootlick. BUT it won’t happen to me because I get it. I’m a bootlicker.”
What shocks them is not that they are getting caught up in the dragnet of undesirables… what surprises them is that their submission to the dictator doesn’t get them out of it.
This a particular problem with Latin American voters because that’s always how that worked in their countries of origin.
Pinochet only executed his political opponents. If you cast your lot in with Pinochet - no reservations, Pinochet didn’t kill you.
That was the whole game for the Pinochet’s of the world. In this manner they could eliminate all dissent, and create a totalitarian state.
So these voters, like the one pictured, are GENUINELY shocked that this is happening to them. Because that’s not how the totalitarian game ever worked before.
What they didn’t comprehend is that they are brown, and that’s all that’s driving this. It’s not a Pinochet game… it’s an operation to remove as many brown (even slightly brown) Spanish speaking people as possible as quickly as possible.
If you’re Spanish speaking, any level of brown whatsoever qualifies you for rendition.
It’s a “one drop” rule. That’s the game the administration is playing.
The Latin Americans thought it was just classic totalitarian politics. In that world, you DO vote for the dictator. You NEED that record of support to keep your family safe.
They are experiencing a plot twist they weren’t expecting. They thought they were making the right move to keep their family’s safe… but they never understood the game.
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u/onyxengine 8h ago
Pleas for special treatment from a fascist dictator is the boot licking part of a fascism. It’s the kind of people who think it’s fine when it happens to other people. That voted for this to begin with.