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   Wilson to Dude   
   Re: on freaking boomernomics   
   07 Feb 26 09:35:50   
   
   From: Wilson@nowhere.invalid   
      
   On 2/6/2026 8:54 PM, Dude wrote:   
   > On 2/6/2026 1:24 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:24:24 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>> On 2/6/2026 11:53 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>> On 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:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> 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..."?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That phrase applies when  in fact "We the people" have decided   
   >>>> something, but not when slightly more than half decides something.   
   >>>>   
   >>> "We the People" are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution's   
   >>> preamble, establishing that the government derives its power directly   
   >>> from its citizens, not from states or a Monarch.   
   >>   
   >> We the people, in order to establish a more perfect onion did   
   >> something.  Yes we did.   
   >>   
   > It's not that complicated. The union is a republic with a representative   
   > form of government.   
   >  >   
   >> We the people did not make current immigration law, and we certainly   
   >> did not create the forces of govt that currently enforce that law.   
   >> You, barely half the people, did that.   
   >>   
   > Apparently, you have not thought this through.   
   >   
   > We the people means, we choose a representatives form of government. The   
   > people themselves don't make the laws or directly elect the president.   
      
   Clearly Noah hates democracy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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