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hoolstoptheheels

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No other country did better than we did - that is also a point of the


Documentary. That isn’t just an American characteristic. In fact we did take in more refugees than any other country (despite the best efforts of many folks to prevent it).

There are lots of parallels between the fear mongering over immigration now and that in the ‘30s and ‘40s, and even more with the examples during immigration waves all throughout our history. It’s weird seeing the same tired old ant-immigrant tropes trotted out time and again. Spies will be interspersed with refugees (I think it was just yesterday JM was posting about terrorists in their midst). They’ll steal all the jobs (during the Depression back then, so more understandable than during today’s job market).

The takeaway isn’t really that MAGA is “literally Hitler!”, which is the dismissive lament from Trumpistan whenever historical comparisons are made. MAGA looks more like Lindbergh’s America First movement. On immigration at least - I don’t think there are American historical parallels with MAGA’s all out assault on American elections and democracy. Uncharted waters there.

(In response to this post by HoosWillWin)

Posted: 09/21/2022 at 08:46AM



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