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California and ICE actions in general are important to address, but I believe they were created as a distraction from the authoritarian provisions of the BBB ta
by rickydroll 1y ago
California and ICE actions in general are important to address, but I believe they were created as a distraction from the authoritarian provisions of the BBB tax bill.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoSo? They're still real actions. Doesn't matter why they're being done, they're still happening. And if Trump is doing this just as a distraction (I'm not convinced), then would he be willing to invade Greenland as a distraction too?
- rickydroll 1y agoYou are right, they are still happening, and Trump's minions are cranking up the temperature so they can justify more authoritarian actions. They will use that. They'll use what's happening in LA to justify the need for more power vested in the president. You're right, we do need to do something about ICEis, but it is urgent we do something about the authoritarian measures in BBB.
- bananapub 1y agothey can be, and in fact are, both horrific actions as well as distractions. you need to deal with both the reality and the background at the same time rather than letting them get a pass for daily actions that would have had any previous president impeached and convicted.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoYou might believe that but their past behaviour, plans and reasoning have all been unpredictable and ostensibly irrational so there's really no reason to believe this over anything else. The next person could say they believe he wants to enact martial law, and the next could say it wasn't even an expected outcome. In fact I bet there would be as many seemingly reasonable beliefs as there would be people willing to comment on it. The only thing for sure is that we don't know and anyone outside the administration claiming a level of certainty around it is doing nothing more than confabulating.
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