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Its not like there are enough people in the country illegally to fill the concentration camps the budget bill is going to pay for

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 129 points 1 day ago (1 children)

next up: calling it a "concentration camp" is grounds to have your citizenship revoked

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 93 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Imagine getting murdered by the regime for saying "alligator auschwitz"

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 79 points 1 day ago (1 children)

take it seriously. fascist regimes wont' tolerate criticism, or mockery, or pointing out how fucking evil they are. the direction we're rapidly mimicking is north korea. btw fun fact: it's illegal to call it "north korea" in north korea; it's "democratic people's republic of korea," and south korea isn't called south korea, it's called "puppet regime"

"that could never happen in america!!!" too many people are still saying

while it's literally happening

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I feel like a boiling fn frog at this point.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you're not alone. it's so depressing, shit getting worse every single day. whatever "good" things are happening don't outweigh the fascism

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm in my forties, and it just feels like we've been constantly losing ground since Obama left office, I'm just so frustrated by all of the apathy, corruption, and dishonesty, and have been since 2015.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

same. add to that, that everyone i try to talk to about this would rather pretend it's somehow going to get better, or that somehow "the law" will catch up to these fascists and stop them in their tracks.

i guess we've been conditioned to believe that the bad things will just go away if we just say 'this is fine'

the protests are a noble effort. but they've done nothing

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[–] three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the year is 2025, a Chinese citizen responds to the Tiananmen Square copypasta with a picture of BB Vance and the Alligator Auschwitz copypasta. The American citizen's internet access is immediately cut off and they are ordered to lay face down outside where the Amazon Prime predator drone can see them to wait for an ICE collection crew.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

EU Citizens be making fun of both regimes

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

As well they should

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Not gonna have to imagine it for long

[–] Red0ctober@lemmy.world 123 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“If you have one group of people who feels very comfortable that their citizenship is secure, they will feel much more comfortable being politically active,” she said. “And if you have another group of people who worries that if their political activity gets on the wrong side of somebody in power, that their lives and livelihoods might be vulnerable — that is a lesser citizenship. That is a reason why people might step back from political participation.”

And there it is, reduce resistance little by little, then eliminate everyone.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Second amendment looking like the only alternative.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They even made us memorize this one in grade school:

  1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Note that this says nothing about having to be a citizen for this to apply to you, either. And while we're at it, see also this.

[–] freshcow@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well you see, congress isn't making a law, the executive branch is just doing blatantly illegal shit with impunity, because congress is full of spineless coward sellouts

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

They are just imagining they will wield that power someday so they don't want to rock the boat.

They are all temporarily embarrassed ruling party. Otherwise they would want to remove or restrict these powers. This did not happen overnight either.

We have known for several decades now the extreme problems with executive overreach. The President should be a figured head only and Congress should increase in size and do its job.

This is blatant corruption and a dereliction of their duty. It really is disgusting to see how little regard these jokers have for their positions. Electing a literal carnival barker and giving his team of racist rejects the keys to the country is mind bogglingly stupid.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Those who gain citizenship through unlawful means and endanger our national security will not maintain the benefits of being an American citizen

Lmao... Benefits? What exactly are those benefits? Not being on the receiving end of a bombing? Not having our country destabilized by a narcissist (we don't even get that benefit anymore). Having healthcare taken away? A secret police force take you away for wrongthink? Lol benefits of being an American....

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bruh what do you mean the best American benefit is living in a 3rd world country while giving your taxes to hardworking billionaires who use it to control you and blowing up brown kids in the Middle East

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Very true! I'm so ungrateful! :(

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Have you even said thank you?

[–] Gordito@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Only country in the world to tax based on citizenship instead of residency... Being forced to declare taxes as an expat is a hassle. What are these benefits they speak of??? I'd gladly give mine up if it wasn't such a hassle and so expensive to do so.

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[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, you guys had a good run being a semi normal country. Now you're fucked.

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

semi normal

Extremely generous thank you for that.

[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No worries mate, you had a good run, all things come to an end and all that!. On a serious note I do empathise a bit for the normals among you. But as a recipient of some foreign policy freedom in the 80s by the USS new Jersey on Beirut, I wish I could be selective in whose face the leopards eat under this administration. Unfortunately I can't.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This administration is traitorous and needs to be removed immediately. They are enemies of the American people and the American States themselves.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s not just the administration. Every republican, and many democrats in congress anre also supporting this.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago

But I thought they were only going after people in the country illegally, I thought they were okay with immigration as long as they followed legal processes (sarcasm)

[–] the_wiz@feddit.org 23 points 22 hours ago

Well... if you look a the history of the US you COULD argue that most of its inhabitants are offspring of illegal immigrants, sooo....

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 21 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

I can't get over just how short sighted MAGA is... They give the president this power like it will never be used against them by the next Democrat president.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

You think the democrats would actually do that? They’d make a big deal about how they won’t do that, because they are cowards. The only spine they ever grow is when their corporate owners tell them to. Other than that, they care about nothing but maintaining the status quo.

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[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

You think that after the changes made to the voting systems, the SAVE voting act, the firing of people at CISA responsible for election safety and security, and the migration of the voting devices to Starlink (even with orage mussilini and muskrat falling out) that there's ever going to be a Democratic president again? I wish I had your optimism. That's if a state of emergency/war isn't called that halts all elections, which is far more likely to be what happens.

Plus, the Democrats will just play good and "not stoop to the opposition's level", letting them just get creamed and steamrolled again in the following election, even if they do somehow manage to win. The Democrats had a chance to fight facism and they welcomed it with open arms. Without turning over nearly the entirety of the party, why does anyone think anything is ever going to change?

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago

The supreme court gave total immunity to the president while Biden was president. He didn't use it a single time.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago

Like how Biden had Trump killed in 2024.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago

If democrats ever had a candidate willing to whip his balls out and do something aggressively for a change.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Funny thing is. Republicans allow their red-ass state legislatures to gerrymander their districts, while democrats act so high and nobel implementing their "non-partisan" commissions to "draw fair districts".

The house is forever skewed in favor of the right wing unless democrats play dirty and also gerrymander the shit out of those seats.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Literally what Stalin did.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago

Gulags at least had trials. Our system isn't even bothering to do that.

Turns out the sham trials were the excessive part.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So like anyone not in the party will be excluded from society?

[–] Gordito@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have three nationalities. Born in Argentina and was naturalized at 8 yrs old in the USA when my parents moved. Been living in Canada since 2000 and also a citizen. I am legally bound to declare taxes in the US, even if I never made a penny working there. Revoking citizenship is expensive and requires a lot of paperwork. Fuck you MAGA, fuck you Trump. Take my citizenship away, I'll gladly give it back. I'll save thousands per year not having to deal with your backwards ass-shit citizenship based tax laws.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For most US citizens, losing citizenship means being stateless. Nobody will advocate for us when we're in CECOT

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

Traitors, all of them.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I see her facial masks made of slaughtered-infants' baby fat are working well.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 4 points 23 hours ago

Citizenship? I think you mean Party Membership.

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