Why are migrants so desperate to come here?

  • Flying SquidOP
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    -167 hours ago

    I think my point is pretty clear: America is a shithole. Don’t come here. Go somewhere else where you won’t be treated like a subhuman and where infrastructure works.

    I mean if they really want to come here, I’m not going to stand in their way. I just think it’s a bad idea.

    • @[email protected]
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      13 hours ago

      Do you think people are walking across the Darien Gap or the dessert just because? Do you think human rights and infrastructure are so amazing in these other countries that people just come here for the adventure and the vibes?

    • @camr_on
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      97 hours ago

      Maybe you should get offline and live in the real world for a bit. Terrible things happen in America just like everywhere else, and you’re making this point at the expense of people suffering from a natural disaster.

      • Flying SquidOP
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        -86 hours ago

        I’m talking about the infrastructure issue here. Which is what this article is about.

        • @[email protected]
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          45 hours ago

          No you aren’t, you’re using a record shattering disaster to try to make some really fucking stupid point about how vague ‘other countries’ are somehow much better than America.

          Disasters happen everywhere. Get your head out of your ass, you usually can string together a decent point, but this is just idiotic.

          • Flying SquidOP
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            -45 hours ago

            I literally named another country.

            • @[email protected]
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              44 hours ago

              Believe it or not, Canada also occasionally has floods that kill people and leave thousands without power for days at a time. Not to mention the wildfires that continue to escalate every year. We’re all struggling with climate change and how it’s affecting natural disasters.

              • Flying SquidOP
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                -34 hours ago

                See above: re the part where I said at least they would get free healthcare.

                  • Flying SquidOP
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                    115 minutes ago

                    They’re not going to get it in the U.S., now are they?