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I think the only way you could be so closed-minded to thinking rationally about this stuff - and yet so confident in your own two cents - is if you are alright with what's happening or you don't get it. For some reason (e.g., coping strategy, or you're a bigot who's not yet concerned about their own welfare), you would rather call me a fear-mongerer than accept your own position of nonchalance while the US descends into fascism
And there it is. A normal detention center, a jail, is fascist. And you know why you think that? Not because of any facts, but how it's been presented to you
People who are in jail have been charged with a crime by law enforcement officials who are identifiable and they have rights as defendants in the legal system. The normalization of, celebrations of by the political elite, and greatly increased spending ('big ugly bill') on abductions, 'disappearings,' detention (etc.) outside of the legal system where none of those aspects of due process apply is what is fascist
Illegal immigration is a crime. It's in the name.
I'm reminded of the saying, you can't reason someone out of a position that they didn't arrive at by reason. You are under threat from the MAGA regime, but you may not be aware of it until you or someone close to you is directly harmed. Others of us can see what's here and what's ahead. May you go unscathed for as long as possible
You're Canadian. I hope you can afford a roof over your head for as long as possible.
Thank you, I hope you can too. Affordability is a concern for me, so I went back to school to transition to a more future-proof career. If you're concerned about affordability, there might be some more helpful things you can try than MAGA-brigading on Lemmy. I'd only checked your post history now, and I can see you have an extensive history of this. Wishing you well, my friend, life is short so I'm going to choose to spend more time interacting with other people on Lemmy. I encourage you to try to get fewer downvotes; try to connect with people. Show them who you are, what you like - beside the MAGA rhetoric, which I don't think is really you