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Let's not be too hasty, folks!

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[–] 33 points 2 days ago (1 child)
  • [–] 31 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    Yeah, I'm gonna need to see at minimum a new president, and some major changes to ICE before I even consider it. It's still very much the Wild West down there, as far as I'm concerned.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

    Changes to ICE? My friend, we need to abolish ICE entirely and imprison the evil motherfuckers. At minimum.

    As long as conservatives have any amount of authority here, no one is safe. Hold us to the highest standard of anti-fascism before you trust us again.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I mean, ICE itself was founded in 2003, the concept of some immigration enforcement existing isn't crazy. And by changes I meant that it should get the regulatory oversight it should've received back then, a lot of these absurd immunities have existed for 20+ years and just never been so flagrantly abused, and the grand majority of its leadership (and a ton of its membership) should face legal consequences for what they've done, the laws they've flaunted, and the powers they've abused.

    Really though, you're probably right, it may be better to abolish the institution and try again from scratch. I don't think much of anyone wants to see an ICE logo or officer ever again, and it might be easier to rip up the whole tree rather than try to prune it.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    We were just fine for many generations without them existing at all. We just don't need an agency that can be so easily turned into a private army for conservative fascists and bigots.

    Also, we need to demonstrate accountability at the highest level if we are ever to be trusted again.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    Take it from someone with a foot in each country, do NOT travel to the US. There's nothing there worth the risk, and anything federal (like border agents) is still under the purview of the fascist regime. Hell, I'm not even allowed to renew my US passport as a CITIZEN (yet they still demand taxes each year)

    Continue the boycott until the fascist regime has repaid their debt. That includes everyone from Head Honcho to the boots on the ground and the controlled opposition.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 days ago

    Just because your ex manages to put the bottle down for a whole day doesn't mean they're not going to be a drunken trainwreck tomorrow.

    ~ citizen of both countries.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    No no, don't come here. It's incredibly dangerous.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    Maybe, but remember the numbers go up in winter when the people with money go to warmer places. Will it ever return to normal? Hopefully not!

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  • [–] 15 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Mexico should be warmer and our money would go further. And as a neat little bonus, their government doesn't threaten us with annexation on a regular basis.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 days ago

    And good news, they're joining the 20th century and socializing their medical field, meaning travel insurance prices will go down massively (or might not even be needed). Compared to the US where Canadians (are heavily) advised to carry expensive insurance the premiums of which can cost as much as the entire trip.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Hope: that was Obama’s thing. The current president inspires nothing, except perhaps disgust.

    I won’t be traveling to the US until the country is properly united again, and that won’t happen under the present “leader.” The incoming Democrats will have to work hard just to stop the slide, and perhaps make some progress beyond that. I wish them well.

    In a decade or two, the country *may *be on a better trajectory. We’ll wait and see.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago*

    My friend, I will never "unite" with a conservative again. I wasted over five decades of being nice to conservatives hoping for them to stop being evil bigots. A conservative cannot change.

    There will never be unity here. The best we can hope for is to fully and completely marginalize them so they can never get their subhuman claws on any levers of power ever again. They are all pure evil. Every last one of them.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago

    Nah man they fucked it up real good. It will take at least a generation and them really getting their act together before I even consider visiting that fascist shithole of a country.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago

    Sigh of relief, but I will still let Dems cook some more before I even consider it.

    I've only said the next time I go for fun, is to attend a party that happens after a particular bucket-kicking...

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Stay out. We're still renovating down here.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    Press X to doubt

    Nothing has changed yet. Let's first see if the Democrat leadership which is controlled by Republicans, apparently, is willing to do anything good at all, which too I highly doubt

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    The president will just take credit for it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    Please not yet, friends. We have a lot of work left to do before it's safe. The fascists still control the executive branch.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    Canadian tourism to the US will be inversely proportional to ICE funding.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Let's revisit the issue in two years...

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    We still have 50% tarriffs coming onto effect on Jan 1st, most Americans don't even realize we're pissed at them, and the Democrats arent really our friends either.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    There's plenty of friends I know that will. I think the exchange rate and cost of living will hold others back.

    Then there's people like me that have sworn off the States until I think they're back .....

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    These news are just a hyped-up. The Dem has not claimed their power and hasn't done anything yet.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    Not until ICE is dismantled and every single facist collaborator is put on trial. This is a generational loss of trust and no pendulum swing in one direction is going to make me feel safe when we know we’ll be back here soon enough.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    I hope not, they're still American.

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  • [–] 1 point 20 hours ago

    It's a step in the right direction but there's still QUITE a road ahead.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    Ya right, I will never go back to the states as long as I live.

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  • Shit atleast wait till the dam transition. It's not like up here where it's basically the next day.

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