• KidnappedByKitties
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    27 days ago

    Just be careful to have plans for before they restrict travel. It’s very popular with Russian allies, and similarly with other autocrats

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      26 days ago

      Personally, while I’m aware of how that’s happened in other places, I don’t see the American public allowing that immediately. It seems to me like it’d have to be a mildly (at least) slow roll to get there. But there’s a ton of other evil shit I could see happening on day one to thunderous applause.

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        26 days ago

        Covid had plenty of travel restrictions, took less than a week to set them up. There’s already issue with people being falsely flagged as terrorist or other no-flight risk, and with some of the anti-leftist rhetoric it’s not a big leap to make. Also it’s entirely in line with Russia labelling LGBT as terrorists, which several GOP/MAGAts are breathing heavily over.

        I hope you’re right, I just don’t see anything but decorum stopping them, and they’ve repeatedly thrown that out the window.

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          24 days ago

          I’ve long accepted that if / when we reach the point of a fascist state rounding people up, my name will be on those lists due to my internet history. I’m just counting on the fascists needing a bit of time to get organized as I flee. Hope I’m right.