r/askanything • u/Worldly-Bid-3591 • 11h ago

Political Question Are federal agents raiding Ilhan Omar and example of political persecution ? Why is the government specifically targeting and double guessing her paper work after 20 years?

Why are Americans letting this happen? It feels like the country is falling apart.

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u/Geichalt 5h ago

The US has been exploring fascism since the Confederacy.

And the lack of true accountability for the rebellion of the traitor Confederates is a big part of why we're here.

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u/Ok_Arachnid1089 3h ago

I would argue that it started on day one. It wasn’t called fascism back then. It was called colonialism, but the basic idea was there; consolidation of power, exploitation of resources and labor, demonization of the “other.”