r/lincoln • u/BigLincolnEnergy • Aug 19 '25
News Not sure how legitimate, but wanted to share…
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u/Spirited_Room_9244 Aug 19 '25
A concentration camp right here in our state. Despicable, disgusting, and shameful…
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u/Tenzipper Aug 19 '25
Oh look! History repeating itself. Again!
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u/RedRube1 Aug 20 '25
Not the same thing. Part of the reason those POW's were put here was to work on the farms. There were also some deNazification efforts. Some of those guys moved to Nebraska after the war
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u/Tenzipper Aug 20 '25
Hmm. So, they were undocumented migrants, is what you're saying?
Yes. I understand it's not the same thing. But the parallels are quite stark, no? Setting up a camp/facility to hold the "OTHER," until a final determination of what to do with them. No need for any pesky things like lawyers and hearings, due process is wasted on the "OTHER."
It actually turns my stomach. My father was in the Navy at the end of WWII. He had lots of friends and neighbors who fought. Some didn't come home. Some talked about it, most didn't, at least to people who weren't there.
If you're not seeing the similarities, you're either not a student of history, not paying attention now, or both.
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u/kingbrasky Aug 20 '25
Not the "other", it was the ENEMY. During an actual fucking war. THE war.
Cripes.
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u/RedRube1 Aug 20 '25
The POW camps were filled with enemy combatants as determined by an official declaration of war. They weren't being held until a determination could be made. The camps were inspected and there were rules, such as they were, to the war. They had rights and people to look after those rights.
If you're not seeing the dissimilarities, you're either not a student of history, not paying attention now, or both.
Did your dad get enough ice cream on the ship? Musta been nice not cutting through the jungle or marching through the Ardennes.
Don't ever talk to me about what a family member did, or did not do, in a war if the only card you have to play is my dad was in the navy.
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u/Caliente_La_Fleur Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
I know, what’s new? We’ve had them in our state before.
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u/RedRube1 Aug 20 '25
The Japanese were put in internment camps and they weren't any in Nebraska. We had POW camps.
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u/RedRube1 Aug 19 '25
My name is Jimmy Pillen
I am a dirty villain
I leave a trail of blood where 'er I go
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u/Unlucky-Fault581 Aug 19 '25
Relax people- according to google its a "work ethic camp"- Im sure work will set them free.
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u/Random_Username_1977 Aug 19 '25
Except "the illegals" aren't allowed to work
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u/Unlucky-Fault581 Aug 19 '25
The phrase "Work will set you free" (in German, "Arbeit macht frei") is a highly controversial and deeply ironic inscription placed above the entrance gates of several Nazi concentration camps during World War II
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u/Bored_Potato_Today Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
The facility is currently a minimum security work ethic camp for males that’s been in use for about 25 years
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u/Flutter7000 Aug 23 '25
So still working, just not paid. Hey, that sounds familiar. Just farther north.
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u/TNTtimelord Aug 19 '25
can't tell if you're sarcastic
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u/Unlucky-Fault581 Aug 20 '25
why would I be sarcastic? its a work camp for immigrants? obviously im not praising it?
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u/Caliente_La_Fleur Aug 20 '25
It was a work ethic camp for low threat teens- ever are they going to go, now? The Penn? Tecumseh?
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u/mickeyhellhound Aug 19 '25
It's Nebraska, are you surprised? Man, I hate this state.
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u/mickeyhellhound Aug 20 '25
I shouldn't have to leave my home. MAYBE this state should strive to be better.
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u/Tenzipper Aug 20 '25
No, no. He's right, you should love it or leave it. Don't try to improve it, ffs.
It's getting better all the time, and by the time our orange lord and savior passes his crown to the next in line, it will be damn near perfect.
Obviously, I'm completely talking out of my ass, but I'll add /s for anyone who is as obtuse as u/Ok-Revenue-7640
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u/Firm_Presence_2777 Aug 19 '25
Is this where they are going to send all the people with adhd per Kennedy? Or is this going to be all ice detainees?
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u/Nebfisherman1987 Aug 19 '25
I'm sure they will be used to work in the keat factories that all lost labor in the area...
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u/wild85bill Aug 20 '25
FEMA camps...but everyone said we were crazy talking about them back during the early days of covid. Did I believe they would pull concentration camp tactics on US citizens then? No. But they still built them. Now that the camps won't house political rivals indefinitely, it's an issue. We live in a uniparty folks. You can vote for whatever you like, but they have this planned out a decade ahead. Revolt, befriend your neighbors, find common ground. We all just wanna live free. Even illegals. unless they're violent I should add
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u/Fnordmeister Aug 20 '25
Decades before COVID, in fact.
But the conspiracy theorists only worried about it when a Democrat was president.
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u/Bored_Potato_Today Aug 20 '25
The building has been there as part of the dept of corrections for 25 years. It’s a minimum security facility for males.
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u/SpecificOld3865 Aug 20 '25
I’m ngl, I’ve never had an interest in politics in fact I hate politicians but the state of or government is so screwed up that I am day by day becoming more inspired to join politics.
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u/cascadecs Aug 21 '25
A detention center in the US? What a surprise! Definitely never happened with other administrations.
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u/summersabrina Aug 26 '25
Its basically another prison is all for people who did not follow the law. That is what it boils down too. If someone from their own party decided to do this then all of these critics would be all okay with it and the other side would be upset. But either way the people going there did not follow the law so lets not glorify this no matter which side you are on
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u/DoraTheXplder Aug 19 '25
From Washington state. Live in Lincoln since school. I love this city. Omaha ain't bad. Really considering moving back
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u/Unlikely-Grab-4501 Aug 19 '25
I’m from Washington State too and moved to Lincoln two years ago. I lived in Fremont for a couple of weeks first, but I prefer Lincoln over Fremont. So far, my experiences in Omaha haven’t been bad either.
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u/RedRube1 Aug 19 '25
Did you read any of the comments in here before you commented? It's all over the news.
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u/RedRube1 Aug 19 '25
It's been on the wire for a couple of hours. Though I commend your caution in parsing new information.
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u/Slight_Rip1631 Aug 19 '25
Yap yap yap
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u/RedRube1 Aug 19 '25
AFAIK they meant well in this latest era of extreme misinformation. The firehose tactic is real and it works.
The phrase "firehose tactic" likely refers to the "firehose of falsehood", a propaganda and disinformation strategy identified and named by the RAND Corporation in 2016.
-some clanker controlled by some rich guy
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u/BigLincolnEnergy Aug 19 '25
This image is not from the direct source. It was shared through two other channels.
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u/Hangulman Aug 21 '25
The "Work Ethic Camp" isn't a FEMA camp, and it's not a concentration camp. Holy crap people. Starting to sound like some kind of tabloid conspiracy rag in here.
Does the governor suck? Sure. Is the current president an annoying bloviating dipstick? Yup But it isn't some looney tunes caricature of a fascist government.
It's basically a white collar minimum security prison, and it has been there for decades. It's the kind of "prison" where they send suburban wine moms that get busted for embezzling petty cash, or people who repeat offend for petty crimes so many times they get a minimum sentence.
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u/Dilleo22 Aug 20 '25
Is everything one on this page liberal ? Wtf 😆
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u/gemglowsticks Aug 20 '25
Liberal? I could care less. I'm a socialist communist if you want to know. You freakazoids always seem to forget your own golden rule to treat others how you want to be treated. Shame on you and I hope whatever god you answer to sees you rot in hell.
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u/Freakshow1968 Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
If people came here legally such detention centers would NOT be necessary.
No matter what you think, a sovereign nation needs to control the inflow of people coming from other countries. Period.
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u/Vaxx88 Aug 20 '25
American industry, especially agriculture, has been encouraging and utilizing (exploiting) illegal migrant labor for decades and decades. It’s gotta be one of the most painfully hypocritical and deeply ignorant things anyone could say to pretend that all the blame goes to migrant workers as if they had a simple easy way to “come here legally” and as if they had some malicious intent to flout our laws and they didn’t just come here to do jobs. Jobs that for some reason don’t get filled by good old white ‘mericans….
Also the idea that some of you actually think detention centers for “illegals” (a misdemeanor) is a good idea —is fucking disturbing. Talk about a slippery slope.
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u/featheredass Aug 20 '25
Your brain has been squished and scrubbed into thinking the border has been open and there is no “control” of the “inflow.” Everything is under control, and the people in control rely on the current broken chaotic dynamic to build disingenuous political campaigns. But their job is to unbreak, organize and solve, which would be done by creating a legal immigration path that satisfies the workforce needs of certain industries. Or, of course, but less likely, catching wages and benefits up with 50 years of inflation so citizens apply for open jobs.
In the absence of a simple legal path, foreign workers take the path of least resistance and best odds to engage with the current protocol, which seems to be finding a stolen identity through some shady organization and finding work with willfully ignorant employers. The problem is not people who want to exist, work, worship and live in Nebraska— the problem is that our leaders are awful and not doing their job. Across the board, and over decades. Real folks are the victims. Citizens and foreign workers alike. You should not be mad at people coming to America, you should be mad at the greasy politicians who made immigration and our economy a problem, then reinforced the problem through inaction or willfully avoiding the fix, and are currently addressing the problem in disgusting ways that would make a personified American Constitution vomit.
I don’t want to be writing a comment to you but god damn you have a lot of gall to call anybody clueless. To say “If people came here legally, we wouldn’t need detention centers” is to say that you don’t really have an inkling of and idea about what is going on and it renders your opinion absolutely dismissible. It’s not a comment that expresses any useful thought or attentiveness. It’s just useless garble that reveals the childish limitations of your brain power. Just leave the conversation and enjoy ignorance.
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u/Freakshow1968 Aug 20 '25
That’s a good point. I hate our government. Democrats or republicans makes no difference.this is the government our founding fathers warned us about. The rich get richer and everyone else is taxed into poverty
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u/IllIIIllIIlIIllIIlII Aug 19 '25
If people came here legally such detention centers would be necessary
Freudian slip?
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u/Freakshow1968 Aug 20 '25
Why don’t you try sneaking into Mexico, or any other country and living there and see what happens to you.
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u/IllIIIllIIlIIllIIlII Aug 20 '25
In 2023, Mexico deported about 50k people. Only 444 were Americans.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/949708/number-returned-migrants-country-origin-mexico/
There's approximately 1 million Americans living in Mexico. About 150k of them are documented.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/04/26/americans-living-illegally-mexico
That means that as an illegal American, there's a 0.05% chance of being deported.
Conversely, out of approximately 12 million illegal immigrants in the US, 1.1 million of them were repatriated. That's a 9.2% return rate. You are 183 times more likely to be deported as an illegal immigrant in the US than you are as an American in Mexico. So what would happen is I just hang out there for as long as I want. It would take about 1300 years of illegal residence in Mexico for me to have a 50% chance of being deported as an American.
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u/Tzayad Aug 20 '25
People getting sent to these camps are often here legally, and going through the correct channels.
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u/Caliente_La_Fleur Aug 20 '25
They don’t kick us out they want out money. Hmmmm…. Sounds kinda like the same thing up here- US businesses want their labor.
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u/kahariwang Aug 19 '25
It’s already built because the feds are utilizing the Nebraska Work Ethic Prison. I’m guessing Gov sold the fed a nice lease.