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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKRUGMAN: Trump & the Merchants of Detention-Every betrayal seems to profit president & his friends
Krugman's column is good. For those who don't subscribe:
https://www.eschatonblog.com/2019/07/ramping-up-3-months-6-months-tops.html#comment-4532924737
Is it cruelty, or is it corruption? Thats a question that comes up whenever we learn about some new, extraordinary abuse by the Trump administration something that seems to happen just about every week. And the answer, usually, is both.
For example, why is the administration providing cover for Saudi Arabias crown prince, who almost surely ordered the murder of The Washington Posts Jamal Khashoggi? Part of the answer, probably, is that Donald Trump basically approves of the idea of killing critical journalists. But the money the Saudi monarchy spends at Trump properties is relevant, too.
And the same goes for the atrocities the U.S. is committing against migrants from Central America. Oh, and save the fake outrage. Yes, they are atrocities, and yes, the detention centers meet the historical definition of concentration camps.
One reason for these atrocities is that the Trump administration sees cruelty both as a policy tool and as a political strategy: Vicious treatment of refugees might deter future asylum-seekers, and in any case it helps rev up the racist base. But theres also money to be made, because a majority of detained migrants are being held in camps run by corporations with close ties to the Republican Party.
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Krugman's column is good. For those who don't subscribe:
https://www.eschatonblog.com/2019/07/ramping-up-3-months-6-months-tops.html#comment-4532924737
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/opinion/trump-migrants-detention-centers.html
trev
(1,480 posts)We need to do away with corporate-run prisons altogether. They are a blight on our justice system.
Hekate
(90,677 posts)...corporations profited every step of the way from the torture and death of millions. The railroads, the builders, the chemists, you name it they made money.
We were supposed ro be better than this, godsdammit..
Hekate
(90,677 posts)Never heard of Eschaton, but when I clicked on it I didn't see any link to Krugman at all, so must be doing it wrong.