What is wild to me is that it’s been obvious to me since I was a teenager, several decades ago, that the US has been like this for many (most?) people for ages. If you’re black, poor, an immigrant, deviate from the acceptable behavior template in any way, they’re perfectly happy to bust down your door and take everything and anything from you. It’s nearly always been like that. If it hasn’t been for you, you’re probably invested heavily in keeping it that way. And now what we’re seeing is the “in” group is just shrinking a bit more, the acceptable behavior template is shifting just slightly. Enough to provoke alarm in many but not action in enough.
What is wild to me is that it’s been obvious to me since I was a teenager, several decades ago, that the US has been like this for many (most?) people for ages. If you’re black, poor, an immigrant, deviate from the acceptable behavior template in any way, they’re perfectly happy to bust down your door and take everything and anything from you. It’s nearly always been like that. If it hasn’t been for you, you’re probably invested heavily in keeping it that way. And now what we’re seeing is the “in” group is just shrinking a bit more, the acceptable behavior template is shifting just slightly. Enough to provoke alarm in many but not action in enough.