Anthony Accioly on Nostr: ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney
I know that this is not a message that a lot of people here on Nostr want to hear, but white Westerners, including a lot of my Canadian, European, Aussie, and Kiwi friends, really have to understand and outgrow the "business as usual / concentration camps are just for the 'other' foreigners" mindset. Your idea of self-worth, white European heritage, an impression of shared values or faith (even NIMBY or hardline conservative values) aren't really going to protect you from underpaid government officers under pressure to rank up their arrest numbers or be fired. There's nothing libertarian about a falling empire heading the authoritarian way, dialing up the violence and dialing down common sense. Americans themselves may not be able to escape this. But you do. Just... Think twice before boarding that flight for the next cool cool US-based conference, think a bit more carefully about where you are heading on vacations, and, really, really think if you want to work in the US for any amount of money (even if you are Canadian with a supposedly easy way into the country).
I know that this is not a message that a lot of people here on Nostr want to hear, but white Westerners, including a lot of my Canadian, European, Aussie, and Kiwi friends, really have to understand and outgrow the "business as usual / concentration camps are just for the 'other' foreigners" mindset. Your idea of self-worth, white European heritage, an impression of shared values or faith (even NIMBY or hardline conservative values) aren't really going to protect you from underpaid government officers under pressure to rank up their arrest numbers or be fired. There's nothing libertarian about a falling empire heading the authoritarian way, dialing up the violence and dialing down common sense. Americans themselves may not be able to escape this. But you do. Just... Think twice before boarding that flight for the next cool cool US-based conference, think a bit more carefully about where you are heading on vacations, and, really, really think if you want to work in the US for any amount of money (even if you are Canadian with a supposedly easy way into the country).