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macronage

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  • If a country needs to employ state-sponsored patriotism, it's usually because there's nothing to be proud of about the country.

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  • It sounds like you're proud of your country and want it to improve. That's what the SMBC comic is saying is "patriotism". They might have used simpler & fewer words than you did, but that's only to dumb it down so it's easily understood.

  • Senate Republicans narrowly pass Trump megabill after marathon voting session

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  • Are there protests?

    There are protests near me. I'll probably go on Friday. Check out what's near you: https://www.mobilize.us/

  • Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court

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  • There is a difference between legal & illegal immigrants. I was talking about legal ones & made no mention of illegal immigration. It sounds like you might be saying that legal immigrants become illegal after some period of time? If that's true in your country, that's fine. But in many countries, people can legally be non-citizen residents for extended periods. In countries without birthright citizenship, their kids aren't automatically citizens.

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  • Intersex- people whose sex at birth isn't clearly male or female

  • Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court

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  • You're looking at one scenario which doesn't come up too frequently, and based on that you've decided that the way your country does it is better. Maybe you're right.

    Here's a different scenario where I think the US does it better: when citizenship is only inherited, a person could be born in your country, live their whole lives knowing only your culture, and still not be considered a citizen because their parents were immigrants. Or worse, their grandparents were immigrants. That's a homegrown underclass.

    I don't assume that the US has everything figured out, but there's a reason a nation of immigrants values the rights of immigrants.

  • Who's Behind the SAVE Act?

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  • Not all people have ID, but the bigger danger with this one is that it's targeting people whose name doesn't match what's on the official record. And that mostly means recently married women and trans people. Two groups that conservatives don't want voting. As ever, it's not about the IDs.

  • Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism

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  • You're not wrong, but I don't see the advantage of turning your nose up at people who want to be your allies.