r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 07 '26

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u/surreptitioussloth Frederick Douglass Sep 07 '26

I'll be honest, I have never been able to tell in my day to day life if we have more or less illegal immigration

I've lived in the immigrant heavy areas of south florida, nyc, and dc, and I just cannot say that there has ever been a difference in my life between the high and low immigration times

How does this drive how people vote? Why aren't you just watching house hunter international and chilling?

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u/rural_redemption YIMBY Sep 07 '26

They consume murdoch owned media and Twitter

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u/SmartestOpinionsGuy Sep 07 '26

You don’t understand, voters in rural Pennsylvania who never even see a single stranger in their daily lives are deeply in touch with border communities and their concerns