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   Message 154,778 of 155,846   
   Noah Sombrero to Dude   
   Re: on freaking boomernomics   
   06 Feb 26 21:35:30   
   
   From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 18:27:42 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/6/2026 4:20 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >> On 2/6/26 3:17 PM, Creon wrote:   
   >>> At Fri, 6 Feb 2026 11:11:06 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2/6/2026 10:51 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:24:47 -0500, Wilson    
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 2/4/2026 12:23 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 11:19:01 -0500, Wilson    
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 2/3/2026 2:00 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 13:15:13 -0500, Wilson    
   >>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On 2/3/2026 1:07 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 2/3/26 10:05 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> It's for your own protection - from coercion and allow you to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> make   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> independent decisions, providing the security needed to live,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> work,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> and pursue your own happiness.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> yeah except most of the world is heavily limited by the rights of   
   >>>>>>>>>>> others, and the situation is getting worse by the year   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> People have been thinking about this stuff for centuries, and   
   >>>>>>>>>> have come   
   >>>>>>>>>> up with some neat ideas.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will   
   >>>>>>>>>> within   
   >>>>>>>>>> limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add   
   >>>>>>>>>> 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the   
   >>>>>>>>>> tyrant's   
   >>>>>>>>>> will, and always so when it violates the rights of the   
   >>>>>>>>>> individual."   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Like when we drag "illegal" immigrants from their homes and ship   
   >>>>>>>>> them   
   >>>>>>>>> off to prison or some ugly place.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Breaking laws is like that.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I seem to remember   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> "I do not add   
   >>>>>>>> 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's   
   >>>>>>>> will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> You did say that right?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> A nation is not just a patch of land, it's the people. Collectively   
   >>>>>> those people have the ability and the responsibility to determine   
   >>>>>> who is   
   >>>>>> allowed to enter. Our current system chooses who makes the rules via   
   >>>>>> election. Biden chose to ignore immigration law and allow millions to   
   >>>>>> enter illegally. Trump has decided to actually enforce the law and has   
   >>>>>> effectively ended illegal border crossings.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> TLDR: Illegal border jumpers have trespassed, and as such their   
   >>>>>> right to   
   >>>>>> be here is forfeit.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> You seem to have forgotten about that "law is the tyrant's will" part.   
   >>>>> And furthermore   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> those people have the ability and the responsibility to determine   
   >>>>>> who is allowed to enter.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Himbo might have won a small majority in the election, but he did not   
   >>>>> win a consensus.  And so some of us feel it is our responsibility to   
   >>>>> stand up and say, you do not speak or act for me, asshole.   
   >>>>   >   
   >>>> It's not exactly clear if you have any United States rights. As an   
   >>>> immigrant, you'd be biased in your opinion anyway. Are you familiar with   
   >>>> the phrase "We the people..."?   
   >>>   
   >>> Listen you directly unto me:   
   >>>   
   >>> The U.S. Constitution is a _limit on government_.  You find   
   >>   
   >> lol, lawyers have done away with such nonsense...   
   >>   
   >That sounds illegal. What time?   
   > > > like what can't the feds regulate???   
   >>The question is, who regulates the regulators?   
   >   
   >There are three branches of the U.S. government: The legislative, which   
   >makes laws; the executive, that enforces laws; and the judicial, which   
   >interprets laws.   
      
   That is the way it used to work.   
      
   >It's a string, so you can string things together when everything falls   
   >apart.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
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