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I Hope I'm Wrong

But I Fear I Am Not.

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Rudy Martinez
Nov 22, 2024
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I keep seeing some variation of the meme/post that goes something like:

If you think food is expensive now just wait til they deport all the people who pick your food.

Usually followed by something about a self-own. And I get the sentiment of wanting to see the people who voted for a hateful, heinous man for president get their taste of schadenfreude. But I think that misses the bigger point.

If the cruelty really is the point of this incoming administration - and I truly believe it is for both the administration (looking at you, Stephen Miller) and MAGA supporters (you’re on the same side as literal Nazis) - then I think something almost unimaginable is afoot when it comes to immigrants and your food.

The day after The Orange Troglodyte™ won the Presidential election private prison stocks skyrocketed because they are expecting to get a whole lot of brown people with Spanish sounding names as their guests very soon.1 Now, this isn’t going to be about the inevitability of US citizens, bo…

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