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The Supreme Court Just Let ICE Detain Americans Based on Race (slate.com)

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On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use racial profiling in its militarized immigration raids across Los Angeles, halting an injunction that had barred officers from targeting Latinos based on ethnicity. The court did not explain the reason for its shadow docket order, which appeared to split 6–3 along ideological lines. In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the decision was “unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation’s constitutional guarantees,” opening the door to violent persecution of Latinos—including American citizens—by “masked agents with guns.” The majority did not respond to this extraordinary charge, perhaps because it is so obviously true.

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[–] hector@lemmy.today 4 points 6 hours ago

That is exactly what we need. I live in Deep Red country and I can tell you most people agree on the problems Society faces. We have just been led into different causes and solutions to those problems. With people cooperating on what they agree on, the divisive culture War politics would hardly register with the majority.

First and foremost, people want to be able to make enough money to live a dignified life, and do not support allowing the rich to steal their lunch. They also will support equal rights by and large in an honest accounting of the problem.

We really need such a sort of citizens Union like we are speaking of sort of here, but also a Consumers Union to cooperate on the goods we are sold, and more than anything we need a sort of investors Union, where people can't pull their money to create companies that are not run solely on the profit motive in areas where the private sector is unwilling and unable to provide for society's needs. Investors could be offered a fair rate of return while still working towards other goals as well. Especially like Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare and internet cooperatives, alternative energy, etc.

I would like to see a university where people could invent new things while learning in conjunction with others where they could get a share of any innovations that resulted from it being developed by one of these benefit corps. on the investors union.

Instead of throwing obscene amounts of money down the drain to these bloated corrupted educational institutions, that money could be used to actually do things.

It is a little late in the game for all of these aspirational goals but it will never be easier than it is now despite 20 years ago being the right time for these.