• MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    That would only be advantageous if you valued democracy. The only reason the GOP cares about elections is because they need to win them to install an authoritarian. A group of minorities to scapegoat is much more valuable to the GOP project.

    • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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      13 hours ago

      Scapegoating them is one thing. Actually deporting them is another. The people who employ illegal immigrants are doing it so they can pay them a pittance and have leverage over them. They’re not going go want their cheap workforce deported simply because it’ll increase costs.

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        2 hours ago

        Deporting 5-10 % of your population will absolutely wreck your economy to the point that it might never recover. Good luck with that