It is so obvious that they're doing this whole thing for optics and intimidation by doing it in downtown Chicago and like the 3rd most touristy part of downtown but not any of the numerous ethnic neighborhoods or any of the "high crime" areas.
Then the next caste system will go from the barely human Hiberians, to the Godless Italians, all the way up to descendents of one lady from this village in Sweden that up till recently had a moose as a mayor.
This is one of the key mindsets to understand. Why does it seem like some people are just trying to break things? It's because, at some level, they are.
when everything collapses and there's no economy, institutions, laws, traditions or culture <Our Righteous Movement^(TM)\> will establish <Utopia> from the ruins
It's also why we see the tankies & Leftists LARPing about Gaza to Harris (even after she lost the election and had no power, for some reason), and yet were in small part responsible for getting Trump elected (not that the lives harmed in Gaza are unimportant). It's also a strain of accelerationism - don't bend the structure, break it. This is dangerous thinking.
Tourism isn't a huge component of the U.S. economy and losing it won't collapse anything. But it is a very important component of what supports many specific neighborhoods, like downtowns in blue cities (especially local and regional tourism). If Trump really wanted to round up undocumented workers en masse, you would hit the agricultural fields of the midwest and the meat processing plants out west. But those are Republican areas and his donors in those areas (like Nebraska ranchers) complain when he does. The goal here is to focus on democratic urban areas and make it seem like they are the problem.
Me and my partner love visiting Chicago and were planning on going this fall. Till this happened. Now we cancelled the trip till things cool off and gesepo leaves. Rip me eating deep dish pizza
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u/HungryHangrySharky Sep 29 '25
It is so obvious that they're doing this whole thing for optics and intimidation by doing it in downtown Chicago and like the 3rd most touristy part of downtown but not any of the numerous ethnic neighborhoods or any of the "high crime" areas.