What's happening here is a derailment of any discussion about sensible border policy, and a distraction from the failure of the border wall plan that a certain republican repeatedly claimed Mexico would pay for (that Mexico never actually paid for), by means of attacking ideological opponents with specious accusations.
The pattern of manipulative behavior used by abusive people has an acronym: DARVO: deny, attack, reverse victim and offender. So it goes like this: republicans aren't racist, democrats are the real racists. Republicans were just trying to protect America from a lot of bad hombres but dems are welcoming in illegals to exploit them for cheap labor and votes.
I see loud and accusatory distractions from the fact that the $15 billion border wall is regularly defeated by $5 ladders. I see rhetorical diversions around the fact that republicans regularly fly pro-slavery insurrectionist confederate battle flags. I see a strange fascination with the racist democrats of the 1800's, meanwhile in 2024 senator Tuberville(R) claims white nationalists are not racists and Rep Crane(R) refers to African Americans as "colored people" during an anti-woke tirade.
And in the accusation about democrats wanting illegals for cheap labor, "like slaves"as is suggested, never will there ever be any acknowledgement of the decades long republican effort of a race-to-the-bottom erosion of workers rights and devaluation of labor in this country.
Are the democrats so great? No, they are very terrible. The other side is also bad, and is gas-lighteningly evasive and downright dishonest about the part they had to play in creating the current situation.
The u.s. birt rate has been declining since the 2007 recession. It also declined during the great depression. This is a failing of u.s. economic policy. There's not enough regulations on businesses and the middle class is suffering. Many people don't think it's responsible to bring children into the world when there's no hope for a decent future for them.
Although illegal migration numbers haven't changed much since 2005, the demographics of illegal immigrants have. It's important to ask why people are illegally migrating into the u.s. A more effective strategy would be to address those issues, especially because the u.s. greatly contributed to destabilizing South and Central America.
A more effective strategy would be to address those issues, especially because the u.s. greatly contributed to destabilizing South and Central America.
I keep clicking on these conservative posts hoping to find one worth up voting because I'm tired of the extremist left politics on Lemmy... but clickbait YouTube videos?
Is this just a misinformation effort to divide people or what?
Yeah, that's reasonable. I just left my retort because something I see extremely frequently in online discussion is people feigning friendlinesswbile raising cherry picked issues. I'm not saying that you're doing it, but I figured it merited a response to see your thoughts.
As someone who posts here (as well as the other conservative community), I'm curious what it is that you're looking for but don't see. There's definitely some bottom of the barrel content, as with any community, but most of it seems pretty solid.
Yeah understandable, there are a lot of radicalized useful idiots on here. I've come close to giving up on Lemmy because it's an extremist echo chamber sometimes. People who clearly don't have much experience in life and a limited understanding of sociopolitical dynamics will advocate violence to get what they want. People downvote me here simply because I haven't closed my mind like them.
A couple examples of conservative ideals I like are emphasis on efficient government, limiting centralized power, ensuring personal rights, and supporting families as an important social structure. Capital punishment makes sense to me in cases where guilt is clear and rehabilitation very unlikely to succeed.
I've come close to giving up on Lemmy because it's an extremist echo chamber sometimes
It may be an extremist echo chamber, but due to the federated (and non corporate) nature, it's far less heavy handed on censorship, especially since it's even more trivially easy to evade bans. It also doesn't matter if you get nothing but downvotes, with 0.19 removing account karma as a whole. There's also a lot of good non-political content, as major communities from reddit like r/piracy set up shop here. The porn scene is also pretty solid.
A couple examples of conservative ideals I like are emphasis on efficient government, limiting centralized power, ensuring personal rights, and supporting families as an important social structure.
Apologies if I was unclear, I was more curious what kind of posts you'd like to see shared here, since you expressed you don't see a lot of what you like.
For instance, my last post here was an article discussing how the Supreme Court is in a position to overturn chevron, which would massively reduce the power of the administrative state by curtailing the ability for federal agencies to effectively rewrite their own regulations through "interpretation". I would consider this to be a massive conservative victory if it happens.
Blamemeta and wintermute make generally solid posts, with the latter falling more toward a centrist position (basically giga Hitler by lemmy standards), and onlytakesLs leans towards culture topics, but posts overall solid stuff, even if it's not a point of agreement.
with the latter falling more toward a centrist position (basically giga Hitler by lemmy standards)
It is funny, by lemmy standards I am giga Hitler other than being a Democrat ;)
I am more socially left as I am not religious and I believe in a small government but that doesn't fit into the uterus of a female. I think everyone should share the cost of running the country, not just a few. I think pain makes us stronger and when the plebes get their tax bill, they may question the spending.
I find most liberals lazy and ignorant. Since their parents are just upstairs, they are used to having someone tell them what to do and strive for a nanny state since they can't control themselves. I prefer the government to stay out of most of our day-to-day lives.
As Ronnie use to say, the scariest words in the world are I am from the government and I am here to help.
I didn't think it was clickbait, the graphs he presents are all sourced. I'm also tired of the extremist left-wing politics on Lemmy, that's why I posted something
I am conservative but I’m not religious. They places me about in the middle of most things since I’m not trying to annoy the religious and I’m not beating the Bible.
Extreme left or right is dangerous. Any ideology that ignores other viewpoints is concerning.
Hard to call it a conspiracy theory when the statistics are this clear, and the democrats are so clearly pro-illegal immigration.
Plus it's completely about cheap labor and profit. You know, like slavery. Funny how the democrats are still all about that cheap labor, over a century later. Hell, illegals can't buy guns legally, just like slaves couldn't buy guns legally. And how in Jim Crow, ex-slaves couldn't buy guns.
And yes, the Southern Strategy was the greatest PR campaign ever.
Not at all. The democrats have always been racist and most likely always will be racist.
I still have no clue what your point is. You keep calling that the confederate flag and it’s not. Maybe instead of low effort trolling, you should learn some history.
You’d learn that’s the battle flag of lees army and guess what, they were democrats.
You’ve had many people leave the democrats because they sent their jobs overseas. The democrats found out slavery was legal in other countries and started shipping those jobs.
Nothing will stop th democrats from their abusive use of labor.
Who has ever flown the Confederate flag? Or are you just ignorant of history and think the battle flag is THE confederate flag? You never disappoint in how little you know.
Southerners fly it for Southern pride. It's been a thing for a very long time. I don't get it but it isn't my flag.
Or are you just ignorant of history and think the battle flag is THE confederate flag? You never disappoint in how little you know.
I've already explained this to you. It seems beyond your abilities to understand, but I'll give you one more chance.
Yes, it is technically just a battle flag. But that's not how it's used, that's not what it CURRENTLY represents. The meanings of things can change and have changed. Shocking I know.
Said flag now represents the confederacy, who's proposed was to protect the institution of slavery.
Racist republicans are quite ok with that though, because they always have the excuse that it's their heritage or southern pride or some other bullshit excuse for their blatant support for racism.
Southerners fly it for Southern pride.
Yeah, and people fly nazi flags because they're just trying to represent their German heritage. Get a grip.
Are these people racist? Once again you don't get to define a symbol. The confederate battle flag is complicated and it's something you can seem to grasp. You thought it was the flag of the confederate states which it isn't. It means many things to many different people.
I never said I could. It's already been defined elsewhere as a hare symbol, and a symbol or slavery.
You thought it was the flag of the confederate states which it isn’t.
I never said that. I have more than 2 braincells, which is more than can be said for many people and therefore I am capable of realizing that when the term "the confederate flag" comes up, I can acknowledge that while technically not correct, this is the one that people are generally referencing. It's a hate symbol, and a representation of the confederacy, for which the entire purpose was protecting slavery.
You have to click on the link and read. Not everyone thinks it’s a hate symbol.
From your own link.
This contrasted with polling[52] conducted Morning Consult and Politico right after the George Floyd incident, which showed nearly the opposite - 44 percent of saw the Confederate flag as symbol of Southern pride, and 36 percent saw it as racist.[53]
The Confederate flag is a controversial symbol for many Americans today. A 2011 Pew Research Center poll revealed that 30% of Americans had a "negative reaction" when "they saw the Confederate flag displayed."[46] According to the same poll, 9% of Americans had a positive reaction. A majority (58%) did not react. Among black Americans, 41% had a negative reaction, 10% had a positive reaction, and 45% did not. A similar poll taken in 2015 revealed little change from 2011.[47]
In an October 2013 YouGov poll, a plurality (38%) of those polled disapproved of displaying the flag in public places.[48] In the same poll, a plurality (44%) of those asked viewed the flag as a symbol of racism, with 24% viewing it as exclusively racist and 20% viewing it as both racist and symbolic of pride in the region. 35% viewed it exclusively as a symbol of regional pride.[48]
In a national survey in 2015 across all races, 57% of Americans believed that the Confederate flag represented Southern pride rather than racism. A similar poll in 2000 had a nearly identical result of 59%. However, poll results from only the South yielded a completely different result: 75% of Southern whites described the flag as a symbol of pride. Conversely, 75% of Southern blacks said the flag symbolized racism.[49]
Another poll, administered by Economist / YouGov after racially motivated violence in Charleston in August 2017, showed that by a 5% margin – 43% to 38% – the Confederate Flag was viewed as a symbol of southern pride rather than racism. However, participants of color were 32% more likely than their white neighbors to see it as a sign of racism.[50]
In July 2020, over a month after the George Floyd incident, Quinnipiac released a poll[51] showing that the majority of both Southerners and Americans in general now viewed the Confederate flag as a racist symbol rather than one of heritage, with 55% of Southerners associating the Confederate flag with racism compared to 36% who said the flag a symbol of Southern pride. Closely followed were Americans in general, 56% of whom said the flag was a symbol of racism, with 35% saying it was a symbol of southern pride.
This contrasted with polling[52] conducted Morning Consult and Politico right after the George Floyd incident, which showed nearly the opposite - 44 percent of saw the Confederate flag as symbol of Southern pride, and 36 percent saw it as racist.
I never said it was cut and dry. Yet again you are just trying to put words in people's mouths, so no wonder your so lost as to the meaning of what I've actually been saying.
Try reading and understanding next time instead of thinly veiled accusations posed as questions. You have such a had time with it.
As I said it’s complex but by default it isn’t a racist symbol
Yeah, a flag that represents a rebellion who's sole purpose was to defend slavery sure as hell isn't racist. Get real.
Yes, I like to take my information from a random person named Mr. Beat on youtube. lol.. You are exactly why your generation is struggling and crying about Elon Musk.
Here is a partial list ( there were alot of dems that voted no and I got lazy) of racists democrats that voted against the civil rights act of 1964 and when they stopped being reps/senators. If the parties switched these guys wouldn't be representing the racists democrats up to 2010.
George William Andrews 1972
Robert Emmett Jones 1972
Armistead Selden 1968
Wilbur Mills 1976
James Trimble 1966
Robert Sikes 1978
Charles Edward Bennett 1992
Dante Fascell 1992
Paul Rogers 1978
Don Fuqua 1986
Sam Gibbons 1996
George Hagan 1972
Phillip Landrum 1976
Robert Stephens 1976
William Natcher 1994
Joseph Waggonner 1978
Otto Passman 1976
Gillis Long 1986
Jamie Whitten 1994
Lawrence Fountain 1982
David Newton Henderson 1976
Roy Taylor 1976
Joseph Evins 1976
John Patman 1976
Herbert Roberts 1980
Olin Teague 1978
William Poage 1978
James Claude Wright 1989
Grand Wizard Robert Byrd 2010
James Eastland 1978
Sam Ervin 1974
Russell B. Long 1987
John L. McClellan 1977
John Jackson Sparkman 1979
John C. Stennis 1989
Herman Talmadge 1981
I had two history teachers that were active in their parties.
The democrat preached the parties switched. The republican showed how they never changed.
It’s a myth. Yet the democrats want to white wash history.
I'd love to see those receipts.
Do they include the grand wizard robert byrd lifelong racists Democrat who served until 2010? How about segregationist joe biden?
Did you miss the wall of democrats that were against the civil rights act of 1964, they faithfully represented their party into the 80s 90s and 2000s. The only thing that could stop them was old age.
The fact of the matter is that the parties switched. That it took time is not the issue. You and Winter are insisting that the switch never happened, which is 100% false.
You showed a list of 13 reps and senators that switched from Democrat to Republican but only 1 voted against the civil rights act. You provided no evidence as to why they switched or that they are racists. The rest of the racists democrats (over 60) that voted against civil rights act stayed democrats their whole life.
The grand wizard Robert Byrd represented democrats until his death in 2010. If a devout leader of the Klan is comfortable as a democrat his whole life the racists democrat ideology never left.
People fly the flag for southern pride. Your own links confirms that. The majority feel that way.
This contrasted with polling[52] conducted Morning Consult and Politico right after the George Floyd incident, which showed nearly the opposite - 44 percent of saw the Confederate flag as symbol of Southern pride, and 36 percent saw it as racist.[53]
This contrasted with polling[52] conducted Morning Consult and Politico right after the George Floyd incident, which showed nearly the opposite - 44 percent of saw the Confederate flag as symbol of Southern pride, and 36 percent saw it as racist.[53]
Cherypicking is fun
The Confederate flag is a controversial symbol for many Americans today. A 2011 Pew Research Center poll revealed that 30% of Americans had a “negative reaction” when “they saw the Confederate flag displayed.”[46] According to the same poll, 9% of Americans had a positive reaction. A majority (58%) did not react. Among black Americans, 41% had a negative reaction, 10% had a positive reaction, and 45% did not. A similar poll taken in 2015 revealed little change from 2011.[47]
In an October 2013 YouGov poll, a plurality (38%) of those polled disapproved of displaying the flag in public places.[48] In the same poll, a plurality (44%) of those asked viewed the flag as a symbol of racism, with 24% viewing it as exclusively racist and 20% viewing it as both racist and symbolic of pride in the region. 35% viewed it exclusively as a symbol of regional pride.[48]
In a national survey in 2015 across all races, 57% of Americans believed that the Confederate flag represented Southern pride rather than racism. A similar poll in 2000 had a nearly identical result of 59%. However, poll results from only the South yielded a completely different result: 75% of Southern whites described the flag as a symbol of pride. Conversely, 75% of Southern blacks said the flag symbolized racism.[49]
Another poll, administered by Economist / YouGov after racially motivated violence in Charleston in August 2017, showed that by a 5% margin – 43% to 38% – the Confederate Flag was viewed as a symbol of southern pride rather than racism. However, participants of color were 32% more likely than their white neighbors to see it as a sign of racism.[50]
In July 2020, over a month after the George Floyd incident, Quinnipiac released a poll[51] showing that the majority of both Southerners and Americans in general now viewed the Confederate flag as a racist symbol rather than one of heritage, with 55% of Southerners associating the Confederate flag with racism compared to 36% who said the flag a symbol of Southern pride. Closely followed were Americans in general, 56% of whom said the flag was a symbol of racism, with 35% saying it was a symbol of southern pride.
This contrasted with polling[52] conducted Morning Consult and Politico right after the George Floyd incident, which showed nearly the opposite - 44 percent of saw the Confederate flag as symbol of Southern pride, and 36 percent saw it as racist.
I am not sure why you are being rude. I don't agree with you. It's that simple. I understand the concept but I think you are wrong. You have not made a compelling argument and then have liberal tears because people don't agree with you. Maybe you need to reflect on why people don't agree with you.
I'm treating you exactly how you treat me. Want me to treat you better? Fix your attitude.
I understand the concept but I think you are wrong. You have not made a compelling argument and then have liberal tears because people don’t agree with you. Maybe you need to reflect on why people don’t agree with you
None of that accurately describes the democratic party.
I'd say the party that intentionally disenfranchises black voters by gerrymandering their districts to have less power and intentionally makes it harder to vote in person by banning giving food and water to voters in long lines, after intentionally causing there to be fewer polling places is easily the bigger candidate for party of racism.
Though I'd agree with you that the democratic party is racist. But comparatively, the republicans are x10 more racist.
Hard to call it a conspiracy theory when the statistics are this clear
To quote lookin:
"God damn it, I hate this guy. He said earlier, that H1B visa applications had skyrocketed under Biden. These are specialty occupations according to the government. Then, towards the end, he’s like, “Are these people software engineers? Are they coders? Most likely not.” That’s in direct contradiction to what he said earlier about the H1B visa applications.
There is no reason to believe anything this guy says. Even if there is a border crisis, any information from him about anything at all should be summarily dismissed until he gets his shit together."
the democrats are so clearly pro-illegal immigration.
Not really. The democrats want to unfuck the regulation preventing legal immigration. Until that happens (can't happen till the GOP stops blocking attempts to reform), the only pathway for a lot of people will be illegal immigration.
And yes, the Southern Strategy was the greatest PR campaign ever.
So then you're aware that the republican party more closely represents a desire for cheap labor/slave labor than the democratic party. You have no real point.
Not really. The democrats want to unfuck the regulation preventing legal immigration. Until that happens (can’t happen till the GOP stops blocking attempts to reform), the only pathway for a lot of people will be illegal immigration.
We take in a fifth of the world's immigrants, last time I checked. At some point, you have to say "This is too many, please take a number and wait your turn". Have you seen Canada's issues? They can't build homes quick enough, let alone upgrade infrastructure. There is a rate of immigrants that can be handled, and we're well beyond that.
Illegal immigration just creates more problems, and is entirely selfish. Hell, just sending a few thousand to NYC caused massive problems that it was considered an attack. That's less than what we get in one day.
So then you’re aware that the republican party more closely represents a desire for cheap labor/slave labor than the democratic party. You have no real point.
No it doesn't. There was no change in policies at all. The democrats are still for the same things they were in the civil war.
They can’t build homes quick enough, let alone upgrade infrastructure
Isn’t that something th liberals complain about here? Not enough housing and it’s to expensive. Yet their solution is bring in more people to strain the system.
They want living wages then complain the price went up. They want feee healthcare then find out nothing is free. I just can’t imagine living my life so clueless of consequences.
Nobody left of center has ever nor will ever assume that Federal Healthcare is “free”. We could fund healthcare for a tenth of what we’re spending on failed DARPA projects and fighter jets that are .00001% faster than their previous generation.
Healthcare for All is the fiscally responsible option.
Finally, someone who has a point. I agree with you. I fully support a two-tiered system like Australia. I think it is fiscally smart, will save money and make the workers more healthy. It also makes sure everyone has coverage and people don't have to decide food or medicine.
That’s where you’re incorrect. Ending a government program hurts those at the bottom, ultimately removing them from becoming earners. They either become homeless or die. This takes away from their potential contributions to society. This lack of support unravels the social fabric and reduces the taxes to the government.
In a modern society, a weak government means no negotiating power on the world stage. It means no group alliances, and no benefits from those alliances.
We take in a fifth of the world’s immigrants, last time I checked. At some point, you have to say “This is too many, please take a number and wait your turn”.
Sure, there is technically a limit. But in effect not really. We are a nation of immigrants. Immigration and diversity has always been one of the core strengths of this country. It's shortsighted to fuck over one of our core strengths.
That, and immigrants are generally a net positive for the economy, and are just trying to escape a shitty life elsewhere. So it's ultimately a good thing.
Have you seen Canada’s issues? They can’t build homes quick enough, let alone upgrade infrastructure.
They absolutely can. They just choose not to. They have too many NIMBYs and lack the motivation to deal with rent seekings slumlords/corpos.
Illegal immigration just creates more problems, and is entirely selfish.
People are trying to escape their destroyed homes for a better life for themselves, their family, and their children. And they are willing to work for it (providing value to our country in turn, through labor and taxes).
I'm quite ok with that.
Hell, just sending a few thousand to NYC caused massive problems that it was considered an attack. That’s less than what we get in one day.
Let's say:
I have 10 bags
Each bag can hold 1,000 marbels before it begins to rip
Each bag currently has 500 marbels
I need to figure out to do with an additional 5,000 marbels that I've been given
There are two proposed solutions, and an ongoing fuckery.
Proposal 1: Evenly distribute the marbels so each bag gets 500 new marbels. No individual bag is strained or ripping.
Proposal 2: Throw the new marbels in the trash.
Ongoing fuckery: Another person is trying to send all 5,000 marbels to a single bag, causing it to rip.
Democrats are in favor of proposal one. Republicans are in favor of proposal two, while doing the ongoing fuckery.
We absolutely have the room. New immigrants make up a fraction of a percent of the U.S. pop. If they were granted legal status and spread out roughly uniformly, it wouldn't be a problem.
You can't just send every marble to a single spot and then act surprised that it's causing problems. There is a solution and intentionally ignoring it and instead intentionally causing problems is being called out for what it is, fuckery, and attack, human trafficking, an abuse of power, etc.
The democrats are still for the same things they were in the civil war.
To go with your analogy, I'd add that each bag is a different size. Rhode Island can't take as many immigrants as California for instance. A tiny border town can't take as much NYC as another example.
Right now the Texas bag is stuffed and bulging and tearing at the seams. NYC is practically empty comparatively, yet they're still having problems with a few thousand marbles.
And it's not like it's the sort of thing where 1000 marbles is fine and 1001 will destroy everything, Everything simply gets worse and worse and it doesn't end with a bang, just a whimper.
Finally, it's a fire hose of marbles, a ridiculous amount of marbles. From 400,000 marbles in 2020 to over 2 million in 2022. That's almost an entire percent of the population, in just one year, and it's not like they leave, they stay forever. Year after year, just compounding the issue and always getting worse.
I’m not against immigration in general but for the environment we only have so much space. There is a certain point where we just can’t have more people.
We don’t need more people. We need less people. That’ll solve many of our problems.
To go with your analogy, I’d add that each bag is a different size. Rhode Island can’t take as many immigrants as California for instance. A tiny border town can’t take as much NYC as another example.
Right now the Texas bag is stuffed and bulging and tearing at the seams
Agreed.
NYC is practically empty comparatively, yet they’re still having problems with a few thousand marbles.
I wouldn't go that far. While they may technically have more room, the amount of fighting for that room is far higher NYC than anywhere else. And the cost for land/residences in NYC is far higher than anywhere else.
If it cost $40,000 per marble to put then in bag A, and the rest of the bags cost $23,000, it makes far more sense to place them in the rest of the bags.
The median rent in NYC is ~$3,375 vs U.S. median of ~$1,967. And that's before accounting for the fact that due to size restrictions NYC residences cannot individually house as many people.
And it’s not like it’s the sort of thing where 1000 marbles is fine and 1001 will destroy everything, Everything simply gets worse and worse and it doesn’t end with a bang, just a whimper.
Agreed. But it's just a metaphor.
Finally, it’s a fire hose of marbles, a ridiculous amount of marbles. From 400,000 marbles in 2020 to over 2 million in 2022. That’s almost an entire percent of the population, in just one year, and it’s not like they leave, they stay forever. Year after year, just compounding the issue and always getting worse.
The baby boomers added roughly 4.4 million a year, double that of immigrants.
And then pretty much double it again on the basis of proportion, because the U.S. was far smaller in population then.
The baby boomers had to grow up before they could provide themselves, needing roughly 15 years before they could begin to provide for themselves. Immigrants on the other hand are typically adults, or families with parents already providing for their children.
If we could handle an explosion of population of baby boomers, we can handle the comparatively much smaller, much more able bodied and self providing immigrants.
And the already manageable numbers will die down again soon provided we stop raping central and latin america. The U.S. played a huge part in causing this issue. It's only fair that we play part in handling the fallout.
The real difference is illegals dont really pull their own weight economically. They create a underclass. Theyre being exploited. They are worse off, Americans are worse off, everyone is worse off except stockholders.
And how are we still "raping central and latin america"?
That is a tough one. It depends on how the illegal is paid. If taxes are taken out, they don't get those back. So they are actually contributing more but it means they are still being abused. They are an underclass.
I used to pay to have my house cleaned. It was cheap. It was legal labor but they were cheap because illegal immigration pushed their wages down.
There is zero positive to illegal immigration.
This is a good example of misinformation that only works by abusing the poor critical thinking skills that are quintessentially American.
In the first like...3-4 minutes, this dude is like, "Look! Illegal encounters have soared to new heights! Oh my god, the world is clearly coming from America!" Needless to say, a bunch of people are trying to get into the country.
Then, right after he starts recounting instances of...not exactly crimes...but of people who have been arrested and something bad that happened. He follows it up with "I can tell you hundreds of stories like this"....sure he can...
But let's assume he can. Go back to that chart about illegal encounters in Joe Biden's first term: 12,099,904 illegal encounters!
This is a real life math problem basically.
If we have 12 million encounters with migrants, and (let's say) 600 of them will go on to commit crimes, then what are the chances that any given illegal immigrant will commit a crime?
600 over 12 million....do some quick mafs...=0.00005. In other words, assuming we let all 12 million immigrants in, there is a 1/20,000 chance they'll go on to commit crime. So scary! I bet the crime rate of native born Americans eclipses that by an order of magnitude at least.
And if you think he fairly characterizes AOC's position, you'd also be wrong. In the clip he played, she's talking about the current undocumented population within the U.S., not so much letting more in. But then he goes to to criticize what is definitely not AOC's position from the clip he played.
Then he compares a country to a business. Anyone who buys into that analogy deserves to be treated like corporations treat their lowest employees.
God damn it, I hate this guy. He said earlier, that H1B visa applications had skyrocketed under Biden. These are specialty occupations according to the government. Then, towards the end, he's like, "Are these people software engineers? Are they coders? Most likely not." That's in direct contradiction to what he said earlier about the H1B visa applications.
There is no reason to believe anything this guy says. Even if there is a border crisis, any information from him about anything at all should be summarily dismissed until he gets his shit together.
