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		mktk1001 59 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Green card interviews end in handcuffs for spouses... US has descended into a banana Republic. And I'm surprised how many people are cheering it along the way.

twixfel 59 days ago [–]

Americans have just seemingly become a rather cruel people.

vkou 58 days ago | [–]

They didn't become anything. What happened is that the Republican party turned hard towards pandering to the minority of cruel people that were always present.

twixfel 58 days ago | | [–]

Yes, and they won. Cruelty won.

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