I know in my country, such a thing is illegal af and there'd be very damaging outcry from the public if a gov tried it. But this country and the ones I've lived in, the governments seem to understand they're in service of the public. This is one of the reasons why governments came to exist and why they are still relevent, after all.

First I'm 100% with you, Azure audits who set those messages and they do need to be reported.

Conspiracy time: Every furloughed employee with that message set could be considered in violation of the Hatch Act and that carries with it a possible penalty of removal from federal employment, debarment from federal employment for up to 5 years, and possibly up to a $1,000 civil penalty. I'm really hoping the plan isn't to start firing these workers from agencies the current administration doesn't like to begin with.

The fascists in other countries are taking g notes after seeing how easily Trump and the MAGAts are managing to get away with this bullshit.

The rest of us need to wake the fuck up and push back agaist thw faccists before it gets too late in our countries.

It’s also not that easy to get visas for decent places to live.

The American passport is incredibly strong, we get Visa On Arrival to Japan and Korea, 3 month e-visa for Vietnam, and the application is a pain in the ass, but americans get a 90 day/10 year tourist visa for China if you apply in America (but you have to be near one of the visa centers), and 60 day/10 year if you apply in Vietnam, Seoul, or Tokyo.

I can understand immigration restrictions because they've always been in the interest of maintaining a healthy economy that can contribute plenty toward future infrastructure. This is just the play for as long as history is recorded. As long as we've had borders, and walls, fences, guards... It's common for countries to go through periods of restriction to only skilled workers, specific industries, etc. otherwise it's working internally on itself for a period.

But when you've got a booming GDP, restricting visas makes as much sense as having substantial poverty among citizens. Like sovereignty and protection of those within was never on the cards, it's just straight up fascism, as you said. You get the same idiots saying they're the most powerful military in the world capable of destroying anything—which isn't far from true—also saying a brown family is going to destroy the nation... Uh-huh. Sure... One of these things has to be a lie for both cannot be true.

I don't think it was designed as that at all. But like anything long-term with no protection or regulation, it will be exploited. This is as guaranteed as sunrise.

Only gets worse the longer you leave it. Myself and many friends I have met along the way one day just did it, with nothing. Within two years, things are so much better than if they were spent in the same situation. The worse that can happen is you just go back to what you have now. So what you have now is the worse-case scenario.

Edit: Oh, I mean there's cavets to that, obviously. Like you could get ruined. But that's why less likely than getting ruined by a drunk driver or something. Point is, what you have control of will always end up how you imagined.

Maybe you should try being more privileged.

if you're planning to leave the country, why not

if you're planning to stay, do everything in your power to stop them

It's insane how many people think if all the rational people left the government...

That will somehow fight Trump's plan to make the government ineffective.

Fucking toddler logic, and it's widely up voted.

No wonder shit's so fucked.

Not only is Mars a frigid desert without enough air, at this point any Mars colony is pretty likely to be Elon Musk's company town/fiefdom/slave plantation, which is obviously even worse.

Did you see that "just before dawn" pic? Peaceful...