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Americans have no idea (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 weeks ago by JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] Unlearned9545@lemmy.world 105 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I am a US citizen living abroad. Even I'm afraid to go back home to see my family.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 81 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My father in law passed away back in the states and my wife was told not to come back because it's not safe. Normality has fully ended.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow that nearly is wartime stuff

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

The yanks that stay have a fight on their hands whether they like it or not.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Similar situation. I crossed the border last week with no issue. A work colleague got stopped and spent hours being questioned (also a US citizen). No idea what the odds are, nor what the flags are.

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] msage@programming.dev 21 points 3 weeks ago

Weirdly, this is not always the case.

We are past racism, and fully towards totalitarianism.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't even cross the border. I just got within 30 miles of it as part of a job and hit a security checkpoint.

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

I’m old enough to remember the iron curtain. That’s exactly what it was like. If you lived or stayed close to the border, you knew to expect being stopped and checked.

I guess that’s what they meant by “great again”.