Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
He said he was kicked and hit so often after arrival that by the following day, he had visible bruises and lumps all over his body. He said he and 20 others were forced to kneel all night long and guards hit anyone who fell.
Trump is a symptom. If he is gone, ghouls like Thiel will gladly place another puppet into the role.
The GOP and its backers, all of them need to hang together. Otherwise, they will take the intermittent loss of their fellows as an opportunity to climb the ladder on the backs of their dead, rather than as a warning.
You misunderstand Trump. He might be a symptom, but he is not a sustainable strategy. He rode the wave and no one else will be able to; that is how strongman dictatorships tend to pan out. Everyone from billionaires to normal people will be sick of fascism after this. The billionaires will want a yes man who doesn’t extort them or make business volatile, while everyday people will want peace and safety.
In that environment, everyone will want the return of liberal democracy, only US institutions will be permanently weakened. We can’t know how the situation will unfold, but oligarchs will seek to solidify their gains while only restoring what benefits them. I personally think a feudal era will occur, with a weak central government that eventually allows for fiefdoms, which could eventually lead to actual civil wars.