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Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by bix6 on Friday September 05, 2025 @01:09PM (#45140923)
Techno fascism. Usually fascist gov enlarges the state but in this case they’re shrinking it to loyalists controlling the tech. Then it all falls apart and only those that bend the knee get money and license to operate.
Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by PhantomHour on Friday September 05, 2025 @01:42PM (#45141337)
Two things to bear in mind here:

1) As much as JD Vance and his puppetmaster wishes they were the president, they are not. The tech fascism isn't happening, just regular kind. What you're seeing here with the "deregulation" is just a big fat scoop of plain corruption. Give Herr Führer a nice golden trinket and he deregulates your industry or tariffs your competitors.

2) While they are deregulating heavily, there's absolutely zero sense of "Small Government" going on. You need only look at the oppression of groups like LGBT people. There's no bigger government than controlling which toilets people use or inspecting the genitals of children if they want to participate in sports.

And outside of LGBT rights, just look at the whole situation around Israel. Literal secret police going around arresting people for non-violent protest and simple thoughtcrime.

Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by bix6 on Friday September 05, 2025 @02:46PM (#45142151)
It’s such a bummer. These oppressed people have been through enough already. Really felt like we were making progress and then these aholes just dumped it down the drain.
Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by Hikikomori on Friday September 05, 2025 @02:20PM (#45141812)
JD will win in 2028 even if trump survives that long, as long as their election interference goes unchecked.
Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by bix6 on Friday September 05, 2025 @02:43PM (#45142114)
This is my concern too. Even the midterms. But hopefully enough people will be fired up and watching this time.
Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by dragonwriter on Friday September 05, 2025 @01:50PM (#45141441)
Fascist governments often empower superficially private organizations, including giving them power over functions previously done by the state while also blurring the boundaries between state authority and private organizations; that’s just the basics of fascist corporatism.
Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by tshaddox on Friday September 05, 2025 @01:45PM (#45141379)
> Usually fascist gov enlarges the state but in this case they’re shrinking it to loyalists controlling the tech.

Privatization and increasing state authority are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, fascist regimes in the 20th century were very notable for their intense privatization.

Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by bix6 on Friday September 05, 2025 @02:44PM (#45142124)
Yeah I’ve just heard people say it can’t be fascism because he’s shrinking the gov so I couch it in the techno angle now
Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by mallowdram on Friday September 05, 2025 @01:23PM (#45141075)
I agree, it's about converting the state to feudal, apparent regulation, under the table crypto Cyprus fealty pledges.