The GOP is full of idiots
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Mamdani is a centrist, he isn't left. But since the Republicans are alt right and the Democrats are right, they consider everything else to be far left and label anything that isn't right as communist. They don't know what communism is. Even Trump labeled people communist nazis. Communists and nazis are the opposite of eachother. Americans are so, so fucking dumb.
First amendment lawyers are gonna have a FIELD DAY with this one 😭
Watch the Trump admin revoke their licences.
Barr licenses are provided by states individually.
Silly you, thinking laws and rules mean anything
I mean where have you been? If laws and rules no longer had any meaning then why is the administration being forced to give back the tariff money and repeal them? Why was the admistration forced to re-hire thousands of federal employees it illegally terminated? Why was the national gaurd forced to leave several cities?
These were all decided by the courts and the administration complied. I'm not saying compliance is perfect, and I'm not saying the administration isn't trying to do very undemocratic things. But clearly there is still some rule of law.
The prevailing sentiment from the Lemmy community is that Trump is completely unstoppable and we should all just give up and accept his tyranny.
They would kill Jesus himself
It isn't a real Jesus unless it comes from the crucifixion region in Jerusalem, otherwise its just sparkling hispanic
That means this bill has to define socialism. Good luck with that one bucko, if you have 10 socialists in a room, you get 11 definitions /s
I'm genuinely curious how it gets defined. I'm wondering if it can be sidestepped with a simple word change
That means this bill has to define socialism.
It's not meant to have a definition. That's why the proposed law denies judicial review. The "definition" is supposed to be whatever the ICE ~~Officer~~ Gestapo wants it to be.
That's not an issue with the law, it's a feature. They don't need to prove you fit a definition. They only need to prove that they can call you a socialist. Anyone to the left of whatever positions they don't like are in danger of this law. It doesn't matter if you'd call yourself a socialist, only if they would.
It's reds under the bed. If anyone in a position of power says you're a socialist then you're a socialist and you get made stateless and dumped in Nigeria.
Yea this is absolutely red scare bs, but I'm morbidly curious about this thought crime
I'm genuinely curious how it gets defined
?? whom ever is head of Immigration says it is.. it will be deliberately nebulous so you can say "banned because they are a socialist " if you have dark skin and don't wear Kirkland pants to the interview.
The law states tge process has no legal review, so its whatever definition ICE wants to use, since no judge can say its wrong.
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We need 100 years of McCarthyism towards right wingers and fascist ideologies
Revenge would be sweet.
Yea a COINTELPRO reverse uno but it would also literally make our country a better place
I know literacy is not their strong suit, but current immigration law already prohibits being a member of a communist or totalitarian party. There are exceptions, of course.
Chip Roy wouldn’t have a job without gerrymandering.
We MUST deport ANYONE who DOESNT like having Sex With Children!
-Republicans!
Freedom of speech, unless it's speech we don't like
Remember MCarthyism? It's back - in redneck form!
I wanna see it on a pog!
So he’d have deported Einstein, then?
Without a doubt these pieces of shit would've deported him, ur watching the same bad movie with an orange rapist as the lead actor, arent u, lol?
Very land of the free
It's never been that in its totality. It has alwas had an unspoken "for some" implied after "land of the free".
We're back in the red scare and McCarthyism lol
Chip Roy can go Hitler himself
Isn't socialism and communism the opposite of totalitarianism- more or less? So basically "we're going to reject anyone who can't think like a Capitalist and give them all your money, cuz they definitely deserve it"...
throws down newspaper "That's it! I'm running for president!" I'm going to campaign on the mentality of FOSS and advocate for privacy, not big brother and capitalism. I just can't listen to this ludicrous bs anymore.
Isn’t socialism and communism the opposite of totalitarianism- more or less?
Yeah, if it went as Marx predicted, and socialism emerged from the contradictions in mature capitalist societies. That has partially happened in a few places on the Nordic tier. But human nature being what it is, some self-described communist parties have instead been totalitarian state-capitalist entitties with strong nationalist features. That applies to the two empires that attempted to leap-frog from feudalism to socialism without an intervening capitalist stage: Russia and China. Both instead recreated the industrial revolution at gunpoint, with no worker control of the means of production. Post-Gorbachev, Russia has abandoned the pretense of socialism entirely and is now a kleptocractic plutocracy. China has doubled down on a form of mercantilist state capitalism. Both retain imperialist tendencies and oppress minority ethnicities within their borders.
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Yay! Free violations of the first amendment!
Fuck this regressive shithole of a country! Goddam!
I hate living here.
Hell yeah, we’re bringing thought crime back!
Third Red Scare, baby! What's old is new again!
So if I’m an American citizen who also is a socialist, where do I get sent?
You're not going to believe this but straight to Alligator Alcatraz
Son of a bitch
Only fascists allowed? Sounds like the constitution only matters when it benefits conservatives.
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