Post AwlPyXnI0NCoE3ulns by paulschoe@mastodon.world
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(DIR) Post #AwlLYcPfoEJVCpFbf6 by paulschoe@mastodon.world
2025-08-02T14:43:20Z
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Just now, I read this statement from Sophie De Schaepdrijver, professor European History at Pennsylvania State University."And to think that in the US people thought "woke" was the big problem. Because woke was canceling! Woke was threatening freedom of speech! Oh dear, the downfall of the West! But woke doesn't have armed police. Woke never arrested anyone. Woke never made anyone disappear into an ICE detention center."#USA #Woke #ICE #Schaepdrijver #Penn
(DIR) Post #AwlLYdz9xmIG5ArSc4 by monarchist@na.social
2025-08-02T14:57:33Z
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@paulschoe Yes, but life here is much nicer without all of the illegal aliens.And ordinary people have no risk of this happening, only people here illegally.
(DIR) Post #AwlPyXnI0NCoE3ulns by paulschoe@mastodon.world
2025-08-02T15:47:05Z
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I think that you have missed part of the news.People who have been in the USA for decades have been picked up by ICE, people with valid Green Cards, even US citizens.Apparently, you live in a comfortable cocoon, but what happens outside that cocoon will affect you as well. It will affect friends/colleagues. It will affect the availability and pricing of food in your stores. It will affect road repairs and renovations.The real problem for the USA is that it needs immigrants.@monarchist
(DIR) Post #AwlQK8rrMRTJHzLpKK by monarchist@na.social
2025-08-02T15:51:02Z
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@paulschoe Actually, all of those things are improving.Your accusation is typically mean-spirited.I don't live in a cocoon; I live in a highly diverse area where ICE enforcement is highest.The USA has too many people and that keeps wages down and quality low.
(DIR) Post #AwlR0Rl9VneC2lO0XI by paulschoe@mastodon.world
2025-08-02T15:58:38Z
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The USA doesn't have enough people to do the jobs that need to be done, and that keeps infrastructure crumbling, kids' education to a minimum, farmers not realising their potential, health care scrambling for hands and manufacturing in the USA too expensive.We will soon find out what it means to lose all those working hands in America.@monarchist
(DIR) Post #AwlUAxyCuNbqhXCTRo by monarchist@na.social
2025-08-02T16:34:12Z
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@paulschoe This is complete gibberish.We have lots of people underemployed and doing little.Immigrant labor displaced them.
(DIR) Post #AwliJqxdji4kvY4C5w by paulschoe@mastodon.world
2025-08-02T19:12:38Z
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And how would this bring factories back to America?You want Americans to fill the jobs that immigrants are no longer doing because they were deported, and you want the salaries of these Americans to be so low that those factories can compete with factories in other countries?The current policies of America contradict each other. You can't bring factories back to America and kick out the workers that those factories need.@monarchist
(DIR) Post #Awlr53alOKFVLTNykq by monarchist@na.social
2025-08-02T20:50:50Z
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@paulschoe The opposite is happening: salaries are going up, where social spending is going down.
(DIR) Post #Awly5mRTL4om7nKdmq by paulschoe@mastodon.world
2025-08-02T22:09:22Z
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@monarchistOf course salaries are going up.With the deportations the number of potential workers goes down, so employers have to increase salaries.But higher salaries won't bring manufacturing jobs to the USA and it will reduce the profit of entrepreneurs which makes them hesitant to start new businesses.Deportation of workers is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
(DIR) Post #Awm3R4HOiLGfIaacka by monarchist@na.social
2025-08-02T23:09:17Z
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@paulschoe Exactly. Higher salaries for now, and overseas manufacturing is less attractive.
(DIR) Post #Awm6W5xkBT2npSUATY by paulschoe@mastodon.world
2025-08-02T23:43:47Z
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The increase in salaries will not help in getting manufacturing back in the USA.The effect of tariffs, which increase the costs for US consumers, is reduced by the increase in salaries.The deportation of workers is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. The government's policies contradict each other, which will only increase inflation. Not result in more work.@monarchist
(DIR) Post #AwmCcvaTkyapP2FFAG by monarchist@na.social
2025-08-03T00:52:16Z
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@paulschoe WRONGWhat we're seeing here is a lot more stuff done domesticallyYou should come visit, I'll show you some fun breweries and stuff
(DIR) Post #Awn1bHtAxqr9eXxusK by paulschoe@mastodon.world
2025-08-03T09:57:45Z
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My thought exactly.@violetmadder @monarchist
(DIR) Post #Awn1bJT1657UXzk3NY by monarchist@na.social
2025-08-03T10:23:23Z
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@paulschoe I live in the zone most directly affected by illegal immigration.Quality of life is improving.Less traffic, less pollution, higher wages, more competent work.Getting in and out of Home Depot is a snap now!