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Solly Mack

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3. They don't care who dies or what damage is caused.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 03:08 PM
9 hrs ago

And people can call it a matter of "policy" and not anything criminal because those harmful policies were government sanctioned, but Hitler's actions were "policy". Pinochet's actions were "policy". Stalin's actions were "policy". Putin's actions are "policy". Mussolini's actions were "policy". Franco's actions were "policy". Bush's torture policy was policy.

Being "policy" does not mean said actions aren't criminal. Doesn't mean they aren't dangerous and harmful. Doesn't mean they should be considered a case of merely different ideas on how America's democratic republic should look and operate.

It is not criminalizing politics to acknowledge that some political acts are in fact crimes.

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