symbolic@infosec.pub to politics @lemmy.world · 12 hours agoIt took 250 years to build what Trump is trying to undoedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down17
arrow-up1359arrow-down1external-linkIt took 250 years to build what Trump is trying to undoedition.cnn.comsymbolic@infosec.pub to politics @lemmy.world · 12 hours agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 hours agoIt was always crazy to me when i met refugees who made it to Europe, that dreamed of eventually going to the US. This stupid myth that you can get stable work or even rich if you just work hard in the US has been believed for way too long.
minus-squareHighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·9 hours agoIs it possible that people driven out of their homes by war and disaster might understand the promise of America better than you?
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoUnlikely, considering they are currently being demonized, deported, imprisoned and tortured by that same “America”.
minus-squareforrgott@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 hours agoThe promise of America is, and always has been, a lie.
minus-squareHighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 hours agoIn no way does that answer my question.
minus-squareforrgott@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoIs it possible I had no intention to answer your pointless question?
minus-squareHighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·7 hours agoYes. Which is part of my point.
It was always crazy to me when i met refugees who made it to Europe, that dreamed of eventually going to the US. This stupid myth that you can get stable work or even rich if you just work hard in the US has been believed for way too long.
Is it possible that people driven out of their homes by war and disaster might understand the promise of America better than you?
Unlikely, considering they are currently being demonized, deported, imprisoned and tortured by that same “America”.
The promise of America is, and always has been, a lie.
In no way does that answer my question.
Is it possible I had no intention to answer your pointless question?
Yes. Which is part of my point.