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say what you want about President Camacho, he earnestly tried to solve problems as he saw them
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this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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Nope. He did shy from the challenge. "Build a wall and make Mexico pay for it" is not a serious attempt to deal with a structural socioeconomic issue.
That isn't earnestness it's lazy thinking. Might as well just pour Brawndo on it.
Just allow everyone in so it's not illegal anymore. Problem solved.
Views that include believing people who are different from you aren't people at all should never be respected, for any reason, ever.
It's impossible for me to expand on thoughts that came from your head and not mine, so since I didn't say that you'll have to try again.
I've yet to encounter someone who is against illegal immigration that isn't also majorly racist.
On the basis that it shouldn't be illegal in the first place. Borders don't need to exist. Borders should not exist. People should be free to come and go and work and play anywhere they want, anywhere on the planet.
Easy to think that when you come from a place that has a pretty high quality of living. I seriously doubt you'd have that opinion if you were from some place like Somalia or even Mexico.
If only people had friends, meaningful occupations, local amenities they enjoyed.
Something that would cause them to be invested in the wellbeing of the community, town, neighbourhood they had chosen to live in.
If only there was some way for the other people who lived somewhere to think about the future of their homes and community.
Shame capitalism inventivises against all that in favour of profits and convenience. 🤷🏽
First off, shitty analogy for equating paying taxes.
Second, if everyone is treated like a citizen no matter how they come to live in a place, then why wouldn't they pay taxes the same way I and most everyone else does; by having it automatically deducted from our pay before we even get the check? The only reason illegal immigrants don't contribute this way is because the system prevents it. And the system only prevents it so that racists have an excuse as to why certain groups of people should be excluded from things without straight up saying it's because they don't want to see people that aren't carbon copies of themselves.
What about the EU, where most countries have open borders? I dont see romanians all go to Belgium, Germany, France, where life is so much better. Last time i checked, Hungary still has a population and its even bigger than Norway
This assumes everyone would do things in their own short time self interest and ignores a lot of factors
Historically, it was open borders - as long as you had the correct skin color.
Ellis Island didn’t send anyone away - unless they had like TB or something.
In the 50’s - many Mexican Americans who were legally citizens were deported in “Operation Wetback.” Based on skin color/appearance - which matches with the reports of what ICE is doing now harassing Native Americans.
It’s never been about following rules, it’s always been about being the right kind of person
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I dunno about that "most" man. The America I grew up believing in was the "give me your tired, your poor" America, and I bet a lot of us feel the same.
Borders are stupid.