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I wonder how many people wonder what their local laws are on the use of deadly force in defense of another. After all, someone not in uniform and not identifying themselves seems like they’re just a kidnapper.

You just described the current US administration pretty accurately. It’s appalling, and terrifying, to have thin-skinned toddlers with this much power.

Exactly my thought. For the same reason they’ve been arresting people at the border trying to enter the US instead of just turning them away, I expect they’ll arrest anyone they seem “illegal” trying to exit the country: The prison industrial complex.

They’re going to get rich off of imprisoning people and forcing them into slave labor and internment camps.

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin is the one that came to mind for me.