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Those of us who live in other states also have to prepare for the refugees fleeing ruined lands who will bring their destructive ideology with them.
by rectang 11mo ago
Those of us who live in other states also have to prepare for the refugees fleeing ruined lands who will bring their destructive ideology with them.
- latchkey 11mo agoHow would you prepare?
- rectang 11mo agoI think the first step is to develop a "we're not Texas" culture. Observe the ways in which Texas is ruining its environment and deliberately, conspicuously do something else. For example, the aquifer situation in the Central Valley of California is in some ways similar to Ogallala aquifer in Texas. "If we don't want to end up like Texas, we need to get a handle on this." Enact laws and conservation measures which make it difficult for those coming from out of state to bring their ecologically irresponsible practices with them. Ideally, reduce the ecological impact wrought by well-established California interests as well, but if necessary grandfather them in in order to prepare.
- bombcar 11mo agoIt’s so lucky that even though refugees from other states bring negative consequences at least refugees from other countries don’t.
- rectang 11mo agoEvery refugee brings change. We can disagree about the desirability of changes brought by refugees from different circumstances.
- thrance 11mo agoUndocumented immigrants commit less crimes than legal Texans, as per the NIJ[0]. [0] https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU01/20250122/117827/HHRG-119-JU01-20250122-SD004.pdf https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU01/20250122/117827/HHRG...