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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

The Roma are an easy target because traditionally, they haven’t owned land and have been their own political entity, not beholden to any local government.

This makes them difficult to control, which makes them extremely dangerous to property-based politicians.

Think of it— Western government is generally based on the premise that people who live in defined geographic areas select representatives to govern them. And the Roma live wherever they want, with their own language, culture and politics, and can’t be manipulated based on where they live and who controls that land.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people_in_Slovenia

According to the 2002 census, there were 3,246 Romani individuals living in Slovenia.[1] They constitute 0.5 percent of the total population.[2] The Slovenia Roma speak Balkan Romani and Italian.[3] The Roma have been living in Slovenia since the 15th century.[4]

So did they just now become a threat, or was it for the past six centuries too?

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

I remember going to Murska Sobota to see the romani population there. It was quite surprising as the integration was absolute. Romani people would live all together but go to town and to the bars with all other people. Most of them worked in Austria with contracts and all. But still, throughout the country there was much hate towards Romani and Croatians, as well as Italians among the older people.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 8 points 3 days ago

Great looks like someone else is gearing up for some subjugation of some minorities.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

Police has enough power already, they just didn't use it for some reason. This power will be abused plenty for sure when SDS or other far right part comes back in power. This is a stupid populistic law just because elections are near.