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Americans have no idea (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 days ago by JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] mdm@mcnamarii.town 17 points 1 day ago

@JeSuisUnHombre In 2023 I took a trip to Canada from the US via car -- at the Canadian border, a nice guy asked me two questions and they waived me through. No guards, no guns, no dogs.

Coming back into the American border? Militarized checkpoint. Black-clothed rifle-carrying agents marching up and down through lines of cars, with dogs. A car next to me with a family inside being stripped down for a search.

Most Americans don't travel out of country, and thus don't see this stuff.