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[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 41 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

“Our nation is a nation of immigrants. More than any other country, our strength comes from our own immigrant heritage and our capacity to welcome those from other lands." -Ronald Reagan

It's ridiculous how far right the USA has moved when it comes to immigration. Reagan was a scumbag overall but was right about this. Frankly it pisses me off that even the Democrats are so far right on this.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 19 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Of course Reagan meant [white] immigrants.

It's ridiculous how far right the USA has moved when it comes to immigration.

Agreed, and I think maybe we should remove the plaque from the Statue of Liberty as it clearly no longer applies.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 points 30 minutes ago

Clearly they aren't sending their best.

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Reagan was an idiot about a lot of things. His policies were often at odds with his rhetoric which was quite progressive for its time and place. If you listened to him though, he was not openly hostile to immigration. Neither him nor H.W. where on the scale of today's right.

https://youtu.be/YsmgPp_nlok

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Woah your saying the right is suddenly anti-immigration now? That is really nonsensical and ignores a lot of history.

[–] Homescool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Dems, Rebubs as individuals aren't really anything other than drones that follow orders on what to think and what to get angry about. It's a systemic issue where money is injected into the fringes to piss the other side off and force a defensive posture and eventually conflict from fear.

Every idea that categorizes into left/right needs to be challenged at this point.
The left will never prevail
The right will never prevail

We must recognize and respond to what is really happening.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

All Empires are running immigration. Immigrants come to where the money is being spent. This isn't even just American history.