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Every single person in the West accepts the slavery and colonization of the third-world in order to continue their existence right now. If you accept this without open revolt, you'll accept the end game when the time comes.
The difference is one of degree, not substance.
There's absolutely no reason to assume that people will be equally willing to accept the mistreatment and murder of their friends and neighbors right in front of them vs strangers on another continent, difference of degree is still a difference
Are you denying the fact that ICE and Police are doing that literally right now and have been since before the Civil Rights Movement? People aren't materially affected by this and they're content to let the murders happen. When there is a global famine and politicians say "If we take any more refugees we'll starve to death" 98% of people will firebomb the rafts and shoot people crossing the border. Most people on Hexbear will provide token resistance while letting it happen all the same. The exact same as they do right now.
Are you denying the fact that people in the US are actively working against those things right now? They are and have been since before the civil rights movement, they are the civil rights movement and they're still here, they never left and they never stopped fighting. You can be disappointed in the percent of the population that cares enough to do anything without completely ignoring the ongoing efforts of the people that do. You're right that many americans aren't affected, specifically because the people being hurt aren't their friends or neighbors or anyone they've ever met so it's easy for them to believe whatever bullshit justification they hear on the news. As that changes more of them will begin questioning those narratives and getting angry about it, and it is changing rapidly.