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Well, it's not the worst concentration camp, but I'd rather be in a POW one.
Somehow the amenities look worse than concentration camps from the 40s.
Monkey Paw: Wish granted, you are now in an Isreal IDF run camp for suspicion of being a Hammas Insurgent .
Good luck
Israel: puts food out for the Palestinians to eat
Palestinians: goes and gets the food
Israel: "what the fuck?"
It's interesting how words change. These kinds of camps have always been bad, but the term "concentration camp" was initially chosen to make it seem benign. The idea was that it's not a prison camp, it's not a detainment camp, they're merely "concentrating" people there. Then, in WWII, the term became associated with Nazi death camps.
What's different this time around is that although the government doesn't want people to think "death camp", they're gleefully promoting the idea that they will be incredibly unpleasant. Torture maybe, but not death.
But, in truth, death is likely. Cramped living conditions in a swamp in the summer in Florida? People are going to die.
Actual PoW camps were much, much more pleasant. They had to abide by the Geneva Conventions.