Summary:

The episode starts with the news: Liam Ramos was abducted in Minneapolis and trafficked to Texas by ICE, then later freed and returned to Minnesota. A lot of people responded with, “This isn’t who we are.” My point is simple: yes it is. Kidnapping, forced labor, detention camps, and state violence aren’t a new deviation — they’re an American tradition baked into our history from the first European landings through slavery, Jim Crow, internment, and U.S.-backed atrocities abroad. What’s different now is that the machinery is being turned inward.

Chapters:

00:00 – The Liam Ramos case and the “this isn’t America” claim

01:15 – Why ICE trafficking fits the current moment

03:20 – Slavery’s “end” and the prison labor funnel

05:10 – Internment, global meddling, and exporting camps abroad

06:45 – The close: accountability, truth, and repair

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