• unexposedhazard
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    6 months ago

    It was always crazy to me when i met refugees who made it to Europe, that dreamed of eventually going to the US. This stupid myth that you can get stable work or even rich if you just work hard in the US has been believed for way too long.

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      6 months ago

      Is it possible that people driven out of their homes by war and disaster might understand the promise of America better than you?

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        6 months ago

        Unlikely, considering they are currently being demonized, deported, imprisoned and tortured by that same “America”.

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        6 months ago

        No, people who have direct experience with living in the US and seeing how much of a lie that promise is definitely understand better than people who haven’t

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        No, people who have direct experience with living in the US and seeing how much of a lie that promise is definitely understand better than people who haven’t