• trajekolus@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    We know that Ukraine will be betrayed by the Trump government. A Russian victory will embolden Russia to further threaten Europe. This will also embolden China and other authoritarian states.

    We also know a Trump government will stop climate action. Unfortunately, this will also signal to many other governments that they can do the same.

    We also know that immense cruelties will be perpetrated such as the family separation policy of the 1st Trump presidency

    But yes, if you are white, straight and middle class or rich, you’ll be able to think all is OK until such time as the authoritarian ascendancy led by China and Russia affects your own life, which might be a decade or more away.

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      How many people do you think would be affected by his deportation policies? I’ve heard a number of around 10 million, and that’s 3% of the population, which, while absolutely terrible, means that the other 97% isn’t going to really care.

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        Those 3% (going by your math):

        Pick crops

        Contribute $90 billion or more in tax for the county via sales tax.

        Without those people, we have no food, and immediate inflation begins. You know, the thing everyone was bitching about that was literally caused by Trumps inaction on COVID.

        This affects EVERYONE in the US.

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        I know the last time he was in office his immigration policies made it impossible for some people families to come over. I worked with a couple people struggling with that.

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        “Stimpy, sometimes your wealth of ignorance astounds me.” – Ren Höek