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WestMichRad

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18. Well...

Reply to ananda (Reply #12)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 09:06 PM

Jul 10

I for one lack confidence in the notion that there is any significant thought behind their actions, beyond what is defined in the Project 2025 manifesto. A decree is issued
(eg cut government employees, deport “others”), then they find themselves scrambling to deal with the adverse consequences. I know that’s an oversimplification, but it’s also been a regularly repeating pattern.

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Labor secretary says Americans want to work hard jobs for little pay [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 10 OP

And we'll work without healthcare BOSSHOG Jul 10 #1

OK, riddle me this. ananda Jul 10 #2

Why? WestMichRad Jul 10 #4

That IS a given with everything they do. ananda Jul 10 #12

I suspect it will eventually be tied canetoad Jul 10 #13

Well, yes, the authoritarian myth of the simple slave is behind this thought process... haele Jul 10 #15

Thanks. That's exactly what I was thinking. ananda Jul 10 #16

Well... WestMichRad Jul 10 #18

No, you're right. They are following the 2025 playbook. ananda Jul 10 #20

yes, they really believe plantation literature DBoon Jul 10 #6

That is definitely possible. ananda Jul 10 #11

Put a bunch of seniors in the fields picking crops. KatyaR Jul 10 #14

Repukes are fucking delusional if they really think this way sakabatou Jul 10 #3

I know. cloudbase Jul 10 #5

"What happened to the threat from the left that American citizens won't do the jobs that illegal immigrants are willing Karasu Jul 10 #7

And what "threat"? maxsolomon Jul 10 #8

Exactly. They live completely in their own fucking post-factual reality. Good luck rounding up all those babies and Karasu Jul 10 #9

Americans know a sucker deal when they see one DBoon Jul 10 #10

Trump's history of using foreign workers in his business ventures: IcyPeas Jul 10 #17

You mean MAGA Americans. chowder66 Jul 10 #19