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[โ€“] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, and let's not pretend that western governments have never killed/silenced people for political reasons either. My grandmother could testify that there was a lot of sussy stuff was happening in US under the cover of WW2 and she personally knew people that were being underhandedly executed for spy accusations and whatnot.

[โ€“] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The entirety of the Civil Rights Movement ~~was~~ is* the Amerikan government silencing subjects-of-empire petitioning for liberation, too