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Irish_Dem
(63,756 posts)Who is going to do CNA care? For nursing homes and home visits?
We had a substitute from Bolivia stop by last week.
StarryNite
(11,254 posts)in a memory care facility. The office staff was American but the people who actually cared for the residents were all immigrants. They did such important work that most Americans would never do such as changing diapers on adults.
BattleRow
(1,368 posts)will be the future indentured labor.
No govt bennies if you are able-bodied but don't work.
Lovie777
(16,557 posts)What about the legal ones? It is only a matter of time before these maniacs go there, too. Who will stop them?
yankee87
(2,480 posts)My children are worried I may be targeted. Parents came over after the war, became citizens, but my children still worried.
sop
(12,506 posts)MontanaMama
(24,241 posts)a couple days ago asking people to “stop with the sky is falling bullshit.”. Offensive to say the least. For many, the sky has fallen or is about to. For others, the fear of it falling is paralyzing. We are talking about our fellow humans who have ZERO power in this game. Their fear and pain is palpable.
Orrex
(64,664 posts)"The first step toward fascism is people telling you that you're over-reacting."
I'm a middle-aged straight white dude with a semi-recession-proof job and relative financial security. If I were an asshole, I would point and laugh at others for "over-reacting" to the very real daily threats and deliberately-imposed hardships that they face.
I forgot about that quote. I appreciate the reminder.
peggysue2
(11,594 posts)As is the chaos. They want the public afraid and confused, even despondent. Easier to get people to walk the line, their line.
Authoritarians always need an enemy. Right now it's immigrants of every shape and size because they telegraphed the hate early, incessantly.
But eventually the real target will come into view-- every American who doesn't bow, scrape, bend the knee to these cranks.
Wild blueberry
(7,374 posts)From the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/24/trump-fascism-what-to-do?CMP=share_btn_url
Look at number 1.
Yes the fear is real. And we can each do something.
All the best to you, your family member, their CNA and her mother.
pfitz59
(11,296 posts)where they will be 'rented' as labor. Prison labor is legal in many states. It is coming.
Arrest them for working in fields for pennies a day, and then enslave them to agribusiness.
MadameButterfly
(2,402 posts)and they can't afford to house and feed them without income
oldmanlynn
(573 posts)And I say that not knowing that that’s completely true, but if the message, if the thought and media coverage of them doing all these things isn’t covered, then they don’t get the bad negative image from doing that.
MadameButterfly
(2,402 posts)I keep hearing from reasonable honest people who voted for Trump (with the preface that they aren't very political) who are clueless what he is about. They don't know much about J6, aren't worried about SS, spell out the difference between Republicans and Democrats in the most basic terms (Democrats give to the poor, Republicans give tax cuts to the rich but still buy Reagan's trickle down theory...)
They aren't concerned about climate, freedom of speech, and don't understand what fuels the price of eggs. They just aren't paying attention.
yankee87
(2,480 posts)Let’s face it, almost all media is pro Trump. What little is against him, will probably be shut down.
rampartd
(1,490 posts)they could set up a private death camp somewhere out in the country and if i don't know it is happening .....
H2O Man
(76,156 posts)Yes, it is.