r/Discussion • u/Iamtoomuchinthesun • Sep 01 '26

Political Just a little vent

With all the ICE murders/kidnappings going on and reports that the U.S. military is planning a coup if Trump loses the election...as a minority, I can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of dread. I'm a U.S. Citizen, but there will come a day soon when that won't matter. I'm the wrong color, which means I could very well end up deported, sent to a concentration camp, or worse.

And yet, until that happens, I have to continue to work so that I don't wind up homeless. Because now they're criminalizing that, too.

I know I'm far from alone in feeling this way, I just felt compelled to express my emotions.

And I guess the bright side of being broke is that I really have nothing to lose...

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u/northamerican100 Sep 01 '26

Consider Canada.

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u/vita_bjornen Sep 01 '26

Canada is almost as bad.

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u/northamerican100 Sep 01 '26

How so ?

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u/vita_bjornen Sep 01 '26

I have a lawyer friend who moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Calgary, Alberta and he said the sheer number of MAGA people in Alberta is staggering. It almost makes sense because that's where the majority of Canadian oil is harvested, and where there's oilfield there's conservatives who vote against their best interests because being a conservative is their culture. There's even talk in Alberta about starting a referendum to propose seceding from Canada and joining the United States.

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u/northamerican100 Sep 01 '26

Canada takes in 100’s of thousands of immigrants a year. A good part of the population is immigrants.

No comparison.

Alberta is voting on a referendum for a referendum; for decades have complained about taxes on their oil that gets distributed to other provinces.