Across the US, people have been carrying their passports amid reports of citizens being detained. Five people explain what living this reality is like

  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    I often wonder how much better off as a global society we’d be if the fucking 9/11 attacks didn’t happen. This feels like a natural extended outcome of irrational fear and hatred of those who are “others”.

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      The irony being americas mostly doing this to itself at this point. Although it doesnt surprise me they were 1 tragedy away from it given mccarthy and the red scare. There’s always been this reality that personal liberties are secondary to the goals of the political leaders.