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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That’s literally what concentration camps are. Points where you “concentrate” a population you’re trying to control.

Outright murdering the people you have in them was a Nazi death camp thing, but the Brits were probably most famous for using them before that while attempting to suppress colonial rebellion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My apartment in America is a concentration camp ☹️

[–] Corkyskog 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You joke, buy people have been pointing that out for decades now. There is a reason the term Ghetto is still a common descriptor for these areas to this day...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Ghettos" aren't just apartments; they're specifically segregated (and not by the minority's choice) and often substandard/impoverished/oppressed.

Trying to equate ghettos with mere high density is nothing but racist NIMBY bullshit.

[–] Corkyskog 1 points 1 year ago

If there apartment seems like a concentration camp then it is likely subsidized housing, which is statistically likely to be part of a ghetto.

I have nothing against high density, living... the top commentor said their apartment feels like a concentration camp, and my point is that it essentially could be.