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Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by jpadkins on Thursday August 27, 2026 @10:46AM (#49465751)
Fascism is the merger of corporate and government power. Powerful corporations utilize do not like this policy decision at all. Increasing costs of H1B means less workers who will work harder and cheaper than the market would bear if large amounts of immigrant labor were allowed in. So no, reducing immigrant labor is not a fascist move because it is not in the interests of powerful corporations and capital owners.
Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by cyanydeez on Thursday August 27, 2026 @01:24PM (#49468192)
Yes, that _is the point_.

Tarriffs, immigration, they're poking the bears to make them bootlick for regulatory allowance. Thats how Republicans now treat the regulatory apparatus: it's either jetisoned as wasteful spending or used to get kickbacks and favors and to "tame" the bear.