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Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown. Proclamation could come as soon as today. (archive.is)

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[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder if Russians and those in former USSR and Yugoslavian states are getting a sort of sick enjoyment from seeing America just putting a gun to its own head everyday. "Ah, now it's your turn to have your life expectancy cut by decades and all hope for the future crushed."

It really sucks when you know something is gonna happen, but you hope it doesn't, and then it's happening. Germans probably got a word that means all of that and it's at least 20 characters long.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 1 week ago

While schadenfreude is largely enjoyed, I believe it's probably nurture as much as nature and happens the world over, including in the USA (leopards ate my face glee posting). And while a brief indulgence may be natural and understandable, swimming in those waters and refusing to find empathy, understanding with or without empathy is just as unhealthy for the indulgent who risk drowning in a sea of hate and seethe, as it is for those on the receiving end of karma.

I'm not scolding you so much as musing online.