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Wait you aren’t actually implying that an organization that protects the borders and enforces laws is the same as North Korea.
by nodesocket 7y ago
Wait you aren’t actually implying that an organization that protects the borders and enforces laws is the same as North Korea.
- dublinben 7y agoICE doesn't 'protect the borders' that's the job of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
- refurb 7y agoEnforcing immigration laws is a part of protecting the border. Even if it’s not in their name.
- klyrs 7y agoAll I'm saying is that providing services to governments is political. Nowhere did I claim equivalence of parties in question.
- username90 7y agoI'd argue that refusing to provide services to your own democratically elected government is undemocratic, you are then trying to have bigger influence on the country than your one vote allows. Only time that would be reasonable is if your democracy is failing. Would you say that USA's democracy is failing currently?
- klyrs 7y ago> Would you say that USA's democracy is failing currently? Well that's quite the pigeonhole, and I will not duck my head to enter. I refute your premise as fundamentally un-American. As a business, you are under no obligation to compete for government contracts. That notion, IMO, would be a sure sign of a broken democracy. I'd describe such a policy as authoritarian. It's happened before, under martial law; a constitutional mechanism to temporarily suspend democracy. It's happened elsewhere, under communist regimes. Of all things, the third amendment informs how the founders might address this. Don't see that one every day.