my idealism is internationalist in that the freedoms of citizens from every nation must be protected. immigration should be regulated at the municipality level, not the federal level. people don’t need to be managed in the way you are portraying.
what is globalist is trump’s regime where he weaponizes the state to maintain the remaining bit of u.s. global hegemony. if the u.s. didn’t destabilize the rest of the Americas through regime change and terrorism, people wouldn’t come to the u.s. for asylum in the first place and could safely stay in their own countries.
it’s unfortunate that most u.s. citizens don’t give a damn about how their government and consumption choices negatively affect the lived experiences of people outside their borders.
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Nope. Not a fan states and sorry to kill the conversation but I agree with all 3 of your observations: regulate belonging as local as possible, the US has been a bully to SA, most Americans don’t realize or won’t admit their complicity for the acts of their hegemonic empire for which the dollar serves as the soft power spear tip. They just like us. (Lamar reference.)
“The REAL ID Act establishes a national ID card by mandating that states include certain minimum identification standards on driver’s licenses. It contains no limits on the government’s power to impose additional standards. Indeed, it gives authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security to unilaterally add requirements as he sees fit.
Supporters claim it is not a national ID because it is voluntary. However, any state that opts out will automatically make non-persons out of its citizens. The citizens of that state will be unable to have any dealings with the federal government because their ID will not be accepted. They will not be able to fly or to take a train. In essence, in the eyes of the federal government they will cease to exist. It is absurd to call this voluntary.”
-@RonPaul