07-20-2019, 09:39 AM
Well it's nice to know I'm not alone, anyway.
A few things:
1: The comparisons to Nazi Germany aren't entirely out of place, though maybe WW2 Italy is a better comparison. Mussolini was basically "Make Italy Imperial Again", and used violent communists as a justification for power. The big difference, however, *IS* economic prosperity. Which is one of the reasons I harp on it so much, rare is the brutal dictatorship that sprung from wealth and prosperity. (Frankly Venezuela is the only one I can think of, and that didn't come from far-right ideology...)
2: Yeah man, maybe ICE and CPB do start shooting first and asking questions later. Maybe after, I dunno, someone tries to firebomb their offices or something? I mean the detainment camps are bad news, but I think pretending that Trump is where this problem started and ends is extremely shortsighted. Immigration (especially from latin america) has been a disaster for an entire generation now. Probably 50 years or more it's been in need of a resolution with almost nothing happening. We need to press congress to work together on a bill that is compassionate while still serving security interests. Right now it's neither.
A few things:
1: The comparisons to Nazi Germany aren't entirely out of place, though maybe WW2 Italy is a better comparison. Mussolini was basically "Make Italy Imperial Again", and used violent communists as a justification for power. The big difference, however, *IS* economic prosperity. Which is one of the reasons I harp on it so much, rare is the brutal dictatorship that sprung from wealth and prosperity. (Frankly Venezuela is the only one I can think of, and that didn't come from far-right ideology...)
2: Yeah man, maybe ICE and CPB do start shooting first and asking questions later. Maybe after, I dunno, someone tries to firebomb their offices or something? I mean the detainment camps are bad news, but I think pretending that Trump is where this problem started and ends is extremely shortsighted. Immigration (especially from latin america) has been a disaster for an entire generation now. Probably 50 years or more it's been in need of a resolution with almost nothing happening. We need to press congress to work together on a bill that is compassionate while still serving security interests. Right now it's neither.
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