• originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    4 months ago

    ‘richest country in the world’; cant afford to help humans at their doorstep

    uh huh.

    these conservatives are either malicious, ignorant or both. its weird talking to them. so many are so casual about the cruelty they support

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      4 months ago

      It seems clear to me that it’s both and the cruelty is the point. Remember this lady?

      “I voted for him, and he’s the one who’s doing this,” Minton told Mazzei. “I thought he was going to do good things. He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”

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      4 months ago

      Well no country could afford to take in everyone north of the darian gap. Its just too many people.

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        3 months ago

        There’s days to alleviate the pressures that are pushing these people North. Like but funding right wing death squads or not putting sanctions on countries that elect the ‘wrong leader’.

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        3 months ago

        We are the richest country in the history of the world and we have loads of empty space. We could double our population and still be fine.