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wnylib

(26,813 posts)
15. Interesting perspective. Another grift operation, like the wall.
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 02:38 PM
Nov 2024

The money taken from the federal government would be from social and medical programs and from consequent cutbacks of employees in those areas.

Many African Americans have found employment in government jobs because government agencies were among the first to become equal opportunity employers and to require equal opportunity in agencies that receive government funds like hospitsls, universities, school districts, medical research companies.

What we might end up seeing is a shift in population employment. Remember what Trump said about immigrants? "They are taking Black and Hispanic jobs."

What if the goal is to put immigrants in camps, have them doing cheap or unpaid labor there, and hire out of work former government related African American employees as cheap labor in agriculture and other low paying jobs?

The least persuasive argument against immigrant roundups is the one about logistics. Nazis managed the logistics of rounding up millions of people into camps for unpaid labor. It was a process that perpetuated itself once it was up and running. The number of people registered in a camp would be around 1.2 million. Camps had insufficient food, medicine and sanitation. Diseases were rampant. People died in large numbers. That left room for new imports to the camps from local "holding centers," i.e. walled off ghettos in cities.

Trains were used for transportation. Not only Jews were put into camps or just deported. Non German employees in Germany were ordered out to their home country. The slogan was Germany for Germans. Jews were denied citizenship no matter how many generations of their family had been German.

A lot of people ignored warnings because they said that removals were logistically impossible. There are Holocaust deniers today who say it never happened because it would have been logistically impossible.



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The nightmare is a feature, not a bug. Girard442 Nov 2024 #1
They're not going to deport 11 million people. Logistically impossible. maxsolomon Nov 2024 #2
You beat me to it. Dulcinea Nov 2024 #4
This will be a very lucrative grift for Trump and his pals. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #3
Interesting perspective. Another grift operation, like the wall. wnylib Nov 2024 #15
Yes exactly like the wall. It is all a big con job, a grift. Smoke and mirrors. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #19
I heard on NPR today that Stephen Miller wnylib Nov 2024 #24
For the love of God no. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #25
My reaction, too. Somebody else, whose name I forget, wnylib Nov 2024 #34
Very sad situation. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #35
Right and Trump will just say they deported 10 million and MAGA will believe him. nt Quixote1818 Nov 2024 #32
Yes. We live in a post truth world. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #33
If past is prolog, it will be another "Trump Show" with Dems as his political foils gulliver Nov 2024 #5
Logistically easy to find with 'show me.your papers' JCMach1 Nov 2024 #10
Not anymore gulliver Nov 2024 #13
You don't think that there are Repugs lined up for that sweet detention grift? JCMach1 Nov 2024 #20
Germany's population in 1933 peregrinus Nov 2024 #23
Yes I think this is how it will play out. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #30
He won't try to do it. It was a lie. yardwork Nov 2024 #6
Mostly an excuse to funnel money to private prison and security companies . . . . hatrack Nov 2024 #9
We can bet that the billionaires who put him there will get their ROI. yardwork Nov 2024 #11
This... There will also be new grifters like HCA turning JCMach1 Nov 2024 #21
You're right of course s4p, but remember.... democratsruletheday Nov 2024 #7
They won't deport. usedtobedemgurl Nov 2024 #8
Well in 2023 the Biden admin deported 1.1M people. n/t Jacson6 Nov 2024 #12
It to mention military officers refusing the illegal orders. Gore1FL Nov 2024 #14
Sorry to say sarisataka Nov 2024 #16
After Four Years, Did They Build That Wall? MineralMan Nov 2024 #17
What about the immigrants' home countries? Lincolnite Nov 2024 #18
How, exactly? Luz Nov 2024 #22
What? awesomerwb1 Nov 2024 #37
Just bulk convict them of treason and immediacy execute them all. What could anyone do? LiberalArkie Nov 2024 #26
So? What's Your Point? SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #27
Easy method for deportation at140 Nov 2024 #28
A president/party truly concerned about inflation and deficits would know mass deportations will increase both. Beartracks Nov 2024 #29
"They're not going to deport 11 million people. Logistically impossible." J_William_Ryan Nov 2024 #31
I know, right? ForgedCrank Nov 2024 #36
If they are smart Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #38
And there will be those who resist. no_hypocrisy Nov 2024 #39
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