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RE: Dreaming Beyond the Wall - The Hurdles of Becoming a U.S. Citizen
Thanks for the detailed overview of the process .. I've been trying to talk sense into my crazy right-wing uncle on FB about how difficult it is already to immigrate to the USA. By focusing on immigration, Stephen Miller's favorite subject, Trump can basically just repeat talking points all the time. Its a non-issue floated out due to anti-Muslim hysteria which allows this administration to pretend to care about something, all the while ignoring real crises like opioid addiction, failing infrastructure, healthcare reform or education etc etc campaign finance anybody .. the USA is on a slippery slope and worrying about immigrants is really only empowering ICE and the police/surveillance state ...
One unfortunate side-effect of democratic elections is that politicians spend their time on what they believe their voters care about most. I think boredom and entitlement has led to a "need" to be outraged, to have an opinion, to be invested or emotionally committed to some cause. Victim hood is easy to trigger in such a social context. Politicians trigger these emotional issues and citizens vote for the individuals who make them feel validated in their cause. The cycle has spun a bit out of control in the U.S. today. Few are leading and critical issues are being swept down the road - locally and globally. Thanks for reading.
Not only in the USA .. I live in the Czech Republic and pro-Putin Zeman was reelected today on an anti-migrant platform .. I am very worried things are heading in the wrong direction and it will get worse, much worse, before it gets better again. We live in dark times. I am increasingly scared about the future.
Uh... Yuck. It is baffling to me that he won even the first time. Do you think it is primarily an immigration issue? How is the Velvet Revolution remembered there today? I am consistently shocked to see how so many in the U.S. have consistently begun to capitulate to Russia. Yet, this mindset has become even more prevalent - and even more shocking, I think - in the Czech Republic, no?
I just wrote an entry about my reaction to the election .. have a look https://steemit.com/politics/@praguepainter/the-return-of-the-iron-curtain