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[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 25 points 1 hour 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.

[–] Homescool@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 27 minutes 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.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 13 points 1 hour ago

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!"

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

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

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 103 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

What are you talking about? Pedro is the exception, the one good guy. They won't deport him, I need him! They can't do that to me, can they?

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago

He's a good hombre.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

They claim to love Jesus, so maybe they will spare him.

[–] ScrollerBall@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago
[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 44 points 6 hours ago

I doubt they would’ve even taken the sign off the lawn.

[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 133 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Immigrant workers in the US are the definition of essential workers. Many work hard agricultural jobs and take exploitatively low wages to do so.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 26 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It’s ok. Once DOGE kills the economy, everybody will be eager to trim trees and drive Uber and deliver DoorDash. Except there won’t be anyone able to pay them to do that.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Nonsense, the FREE MARKET will provide. The FREE MARKET loves us and wants to protect us from the mean old world.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The FREE MARKET that bans all freedom by placing Tariffs against other countries to control the market and banning the production of products such as lab grown meats before they come to market and car sales from manufacturers to consumers without having middle men. (Those 2 are just Florida examples).

We want the enslaved market

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Yep, the FREE MARKET working as the founding fathers intended...

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 76 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They'll be "detained" in for profit prisons and then under the federal prisoner labor program they'll get paid 10 cents an hour to do the same work. The detention will end up becoming indefinite and private corps will reap the profits of modern-day slavery on a bigger scale than they already do from our (disproportionately) large incarcerated population.

[–] lemmus@lemmy.world 39 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

And Californian’s rejected a ballot measure to make this illegal, so they’re getting what they wanted.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 23 points 9 hours ago

So fucking true

[–] YottaDren@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't mind a sequel to the movie Day Without A Mexican

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

The sequel is called "All year round with slaves".

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Do not use a chainsaw like that. yikes.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

thankyou.gif

The artist obviously haven't used a chainsaw. That guy is about to get a face full of knocked backed chainsaw, let's hope the brake works.

Edit: I just noticed how his feet are positioned. WTF? both feet flat on the ground! Is he walking beneath the branch he's cutting? Gah!

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah go ahead shoot your own foot off dude. Sooner the better.