Re:Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater
by api on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @07:38AM
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It’s broken by design because certain key US industries, like construction, hospitality, restaurants, cleaning, and agriculture, are dependent on a supply of under the table below minimum wage and tax and benefit free labor.
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Re:Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater
by mapt on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @07:43AM
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That begs the question of why not just fix it.
It's broken by because of that, but also because American society has always had a somewhat racist, xenophobia character, it's broken because right-wing oligarchical power sees exploiting this character as their path to lower tax rates and a regulation-free corpo state, and it's broken because the system for proposing and passing laws has been fundamentally dysfunctional and irrational for a long time.