• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    That’s just not okay. Presumably they didn’t want to let him off without some consequences.

    Seems like the university, who would presumably be the victim here, seemed ok with it. What message in particular do you think the regime was trying to send by going after such activity?

    Given the number of people going through the justice system, some are going to be suicidal.

    And they just happen to be political activists.

    It’s mostly biased against people who live in poverty.

    People in poverty are exploited as slave labor. US drug laws in particular are designed specifically to round up poor minorities so that they can be enslaved. This is a pretty well documented fact by the way. However, that’s far from the only demographic that the regime goes after. People like Swartz are prosecuted because of their ideas, and it’s absurd to claim they can mount an effective legal defence against the power of the regime.