Re:Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater
by swed420 on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @11:06AM
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> I'll try to explain this in a nuanced manner, as someone who dislikes both sides of the narrative.
Same, and I agree with what you said, but would also like to expand on it:
> So now the Republicans are in charge. They are anti-immigration
The republican business owners/investors who employ illegal immigrants cheaply are not anti-immigration in the instances they benefit from directly.
> Most people are somewhere in the middle, but they have to pick between two extremes.
They had an alternative in the 2016 and 2020 elections with Bernie "but he isn't a Democrat" Sanders, as he understood the topic better and more honestly than any other politician, but his presidential runs were sabotaged by corpo Dems and their media outlets.
It's not a coincidence that voters are regularly backed into a corner with "lesser of two evils" to vote for. Evil is evil. Democracy in the US is illusory.
Same, and I agree with what you said, but would also like to expand on it:
> So now the Republicans are in charge. They are anti-immigration
The republican business owners/investors who employ illegal immigrants cheaply are not anti-immigration in the instances they benefit from directly.
> Most people are somewhere in the middle, but they have to pick between two extremes.
They had an alternative in the 2016 and 2020 elections with Bernie "but he isn't a Democrat" Sanders, as he understood the topic better and more honestly than any other politician, but his presidential runs were sabotaged by corpo Dems and their media outlets.
It's not a coincidence that voters are regularly backed into a corner with "lesser of two evils" to vote for. Evil is evil. Democracy in the US is illusory.