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[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 41 points 1 year ago

A man named Peter, who had escaped slavery, reveals his scarred back at a medical examination in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, while joining the Union Army in 1863.

Yup, that's far alright:

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Side note: ICE now has a bigger budget than the FBI, DEA and Bureau of Prisons put together.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

They're gonna be working hard to justify that budget. Things are going to get a whole lot worse for our American friends. :(

What was the justification for that budget?

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No idea, the justifications would have been discussed in Congress. The "Big Beautiful Bill Act" (HR1) section 100052 just says $29,850,000,000 is allocated for Immmigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

That immigrants are literally an invasive military force that is destroying the US

Sorry with all due respect I am curious how this ties to the topic of the post? I feel like I'm missing something.

[-] LePoisson@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We're bringing slavery back. Edit: not that it ever went away. You're allowed to enslave people as punishment under the 13th amendment. Hence the prison industrial complex.

Right and I agree with that, but unless my client is bugged this post is about technological innovation boom in the 1900s?

[-] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

This person is physically incapable of discussing anything else.

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today -2 points 1 year ago

Do just technological innovation? Don't Google this but rockets and turbines and basically whole branches of propulsion, thermodynamics, encryption, flight dynamics, fluid dynamics, computing all had a start in this time frame all related to the old baddy Germany and all might have a rebirth? Not LOL but having all sorts of science groups ignored, refunded and marginalized along with the more personal gender identity, migration status and such, all of that is repeating history.

[-] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Oh well when you put it like that

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

Yes exactly. Maybe soon we'll be inventing the airplane and the dirigible?

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