>but people I’ve seen doing it were more likely to be implicitly (or, fairly often, explicitly) referencing historical real-world
Covered by my short phrase "out of".
>Though common to all three (authoritarian history, dystopian fiction, and the present American regime) is concealment of the fact of detention,
Yes, which is why only you and I can talk about it. No one else here even knows about the detentions, since they're so concealed. Have you not noticed that not only are they not concealed, but that the detention centers get honest-to-god marketing names ("Alligator Alcatraz")?
Covered by my short phrase "out of".
>Though common to all three (authoritarian history, dystopian fiction, and the present American regime) is concealment of the fact of detention,
Yes, which is why only you and I can talk about it. No one else here even knows about the detentions, since they're so concealed. Have you not noticed that not only are they not concealed, but that the detention centers get honest-to-god marketing names ("Alligator Alcatraz")?