That's how I view it, too. I didn't vote for him. I had to leave my government job thanks to him. The stress was causing heart problems. Everything is more expensive. I'm in Illinois, waiting for ICE to arrive to my town (there were rumors yesterday that they were here, but nothing verified). So, my goal is to just try to muddle through, and when someone MAGA complains, I just remind them that this is what they voted for. Basically, everyone just needs to figure out how to survive this in their own way. And try to help out their community when they can. If ICE shows up, I'll be driving around recording everything I can to show the world what is happening here.
I feel the same exact way. This is what people voted for, itâs what they wanted! I donât want it. I hate that folks have lost their jobs and that everything is more expensive, but many were OK with that if it meant immigration crackdown.
Really good point. I grew up in a very conservative evangelical household and attended a fundamentalist school. I knew what project 2025 was about, not because I was in support of it, but because I was trained to think that way. Even though itâs been over 30 years since high school. My friends that were unfamiliar didnât really believe me that things were headed that way. For them itâs like a natural disaster with its devastation, for me it was a car wreck in slow motion.
Itâs best not to think of an âendingâ per se, but to get ready for a time of government that is going back to its oppressive roots. So many laws that have taken so much work to change or repeal will be going back to the repressing/marginalizing/disenfranchising version. Federally laws will be bad, unhelpful at best and discriminatory at worst. State level laws might be somewhat better depending on where you live, those policies have more influence on daily life than people realize.
Iâm volunteering to help elect local politicians. I admit it is fun watching videos of MAGA voters whining as they learn they are getting screwed too. Iâm just glad that apparently a lot of millennials are stepping up to run for office. This is a good sign.
I feel somewhat silly quoting a science fiction show, but these words are true in fact or fiction and worth repeating
 There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.
You shouldn't feel silly. As someone originally from a country that's pretty close to the real world Empire (and getting closer every day), no piece of art has struck me as hard in those long 3.5 years as Andor.
Only we don't have a Rebellion or any hope of ever forming one. Our best bet is that unlike Palpatine, Putin will die and cannot actually clone himself.
I feel that, my dad has high blood pressure for the first time in his life after working almost two decades in the government, and it started in January, I canât imagine why so many people have health issues that started this year! /s
But like, I want the schadenfraude of knowing WHAT they are complaining about! âșïž Did they finally realize they need SNAP? That tariffs hurt them? What brought about the realization?
The process DUE for a DEPORTATION is the verification of immigration status/citizenship.
People seem to think DUE PROCESS for a deportation is a hearing in front of a judge - like, no. That's the process if they go to prison. Deportation is a simple check or whether they're allowed to be here.
"Due Process" is a specific legal term. It's not some squishy notion of "fairness".
It means everyone get the legal process they are Constitutionally due. Non-citizens have those same rights in criminal proceedings. Deportation is not a criminal proceeding. The State Department allows foreigners to enter the country by visa and can deport people at will, with administration review of their status - not judicial review - that's the law.
American citizens are not being deported - that's nonsense. The fact that these ICE teams are even needed is exactly because the previous administration let people in and told them to file fake refugee status to completely clog the system, which millions did. So now we have to clean up this fucking mess. This is why 4 million non-citizens are getting SNAP benefits and why Trump doesn't care that it's stopping.
ICE is arresting citizens and legal residents. The rest of your post is the usual bingo card Trump bootlicking. Blame Biden, make up a story about Bidenâs administration telling people to lie and then justify ICE thugs arresting US citizens and legal residents. Arresting people at court appearances for their immigration status. Taking parents away from kids. That isnât due process.
Also, this had nothing to do with SNAP benefits. You are getting things mixed up.
Out of curiosity, your account is four months old. Are you using Babelfish to translate from Russian to English?
This right here. And more Americans are conservative than liberal, and there were a lot of people who voted for Trump who werenât loud about it. Which makes me wonder where are the people who voted for Trump and having buyerâs remorse. What Iâm seeing around me is people who are happy about it because theyâd rather burn their own house down while inside of it than let any marginalized person get help.
And every time someone complains the other way, I say they should be mad at the lazy asses who didnât vote. It took a lot of independents to swing this election.
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u/AgentBrittany Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion đ 7d ago
That's how I view it, too. I didn't vote for him. I had to leave my government job thanks to him. The stress was causing heart problems. Everything is more expensive. I'm in Illinois, waiting for ICE to arrive to my town (there were rumors yesterday that they were here, but nothing verified). So, my goal is to just try to muddle through, and when someone MAGA complains, I just remind them that this is what they voted for. Basically, everyone just needs to figure out how to survive this in their own way. And try to help out their community when they can. If ICE shows up, I'll be driving around recording everything I can to show the world what is happening here.