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When Rage-Farming Replaces Reason: Lessons from the Immigration Twitter Storm
Flopping Aces ^ | 12-28-24 | El Gato Malo

Posted on 12/29/2024 8:31:28 AM PST by Starman417

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1 posted on 12/29/2024 8:31:28 AM PST by Starman417
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To: Starman417

“twitter”?


2 posted on 12/29/2024 8:32:17 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Starman417

Reader’s digest version please?


3 posted on 12/29/2024 8:35:20 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Starman417

If the food fight involves coconut cake, I’m in.


4 posted on 12/29/2024 8:37:48 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Starman417

He’s a fan of more Indian H1B immigrants and uses a soft sell “can’t we all just agree on my side of the argument” approach.

No thanks.

“This is not about tribes, and making it tribal prevents the emergence of consensus, understanding, and reason.”

Yes, it is exactly about tribes. One side is big tech that wants their coolie system because they are cheap, smart, and extremely opposed to free speech, the 2nd amendment and MAGA. They are globalist libtards. Anything that increases the portfolio is good no matter how much it harms American culture.

The other side is MAGA and cares about having a traditional nation state and does not want increased globalism.


5 posted on 12/29/2024 8:40:17 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: Starman417

BTTT


6 posted on 12/29/2024 8:41:12 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Starman417

America is raising its young to be idiots. That needs to be fixed instead of replacing them with foreigners.


7 posted on 12/29/2024 8:42:36 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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Absolutely... and foreigners that turn us into tax slaves and that WE will have to support forever!!

These ‘politicians’ keep losing sight of the fact that workers and taxpayers in the US CANNOT keep shelling out for non productive and antisocial losers!

THAT has to be the starting point of ANY discussion!!


8 posted on 12/29/2024 8:52:19 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: Starman417
an effort to engage with what others are actually saying

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to be exact, what was actually said was

FK U IN YOUR FACE.

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shove the wordy excuse .

elon was the descending bat not us

as usual, blame what you did on us.

spit.

apologize elon

9 posted on 12/29/2024 8:53:24 AM PST by cuz1961 (Isaiah 53:3)
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“...He’s a fan of more Indian H1B immigrants and uses a soft sell “can’t we all just agree on my side of the argument” approach...No thanks.”

Sorry but, if he’s not careful, he’s gonna start to sound like a ‘bait-and-switch’ ba*&ard none of us wants!


10 posted on 12/29/2024 8:54:53 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: 9YearLurker

True, succinct and to the point. Congratulations.


11 posted on 12/29/2024 8:58:19 AM PST by mairdie (GreenwichVillage ArmyPoet: https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/oldsoldiersdrums/frontcover.htm)
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via ChatGPT:

ummary of the Article

The piece addresses a recent online debate about immigration—sparked by Vivek Ramaswamy’s comments and Elon Musk’s reactions—and how it quickly devolved into name-calling and “rage farming.” Despite the noise, the writer argues there is broad agreement that the current H-1B program is flawed, and that the real question isn’t whether to allow immigration, but how to ensure America’s “activator” culture—one that fosters innovation, risk-taking, and high-trust relationships—remains intact.

The writer contrasts what Silicon Valley once was (a hotbed of creativity and genuine free-market innovation) with what it has become (an arena of crony corporatism, lobbying, and government capture). In this environment, the debate about foreign vs. domestic talent misses a deeper cultural concern: preserving the “golden rule” foundation of American society—high trust, fairness, and meritocracy. The worry is that mass immigration without assimilation can erode these virtues and further encourage patronage, corruption, and social division.

A key point is that labor markets and goods markets are inextricably linked: restricting foreign labor (while continuing to buy foreign-made goods) is economically inconsistent. The writer believes the actual solution lies not in closing off immigration per se, but in restoring a genuinely meritocratic system free from subsidies, political favoritism, and special treatment—so that those who come to the United States can fully adopt and strengthen the American way of life, rather than undermine it.


12 posted on 12/29/2024 9:02:29 AM PST by Starman417
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To: Starman417

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13 posted on 12/29/2024 9:07:57 AM PST by sauropod ("You didn't take a country. You only won a football game!" - Dan Dakich Ne supra crepidam)
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To: 9YearLurker

“America is raising its young to be idiots. That needs to be fixed instead of replacing them with foreigners.”

Musk is wealthy. He could start up 20 Musk Technical Schools by Fall 2025.

Musk & Ramaswamy Educational Efficiency Inc.


14 posted on 12/29/2024 9:10:19 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: 9YearLurker

“America is raising its young to be idiots. That needs to be fixed instead of replacing them with foreigners.”

Freepers with children & grandchildren, are they idiots?

Some are, but the percentage is not huge.


15 posted on 12/29/2024 9:12:29 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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apologize elon

Lol..you apparently couldn't decipher Musk's message.

Perhaps you should take a step back and try again.

16 posted on 12/29/2024 9:13:07 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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I’d guess a lot of Freepers don’t realize the rot from tech and our government schools. It is massive and widespread.


17 posted on 12/29/2024 9:13:56 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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“restricting foreign labor (while continuing to buy foreign-made goods) is economically inconsistent”

One can throw junky Chinese chattels into a landfill.

Junky people can’t be thrown into a landfill.

Junky people hang around and produce more junky people who vote for leftist politicians who enact expensive, junky programs.


18 posted on 12/29/2024 9:18:33 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Starman417
1. Stay respectful and reasoned rather than nasty and emotional. This is not about tribes, and making it tribal prevents the emergence of consensus, understanding, and reason. We need not agree on all things to learn from one another.

2. Make an effort to engage with what others are actually saying, not with some version of their view that you are making up and ascribing to them. Nuance is our friend here. Let’s be sure to invite him to the table.

If only.

19 posted on 12/29/2024 9:21:33 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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America is raising its young to be idiots. That needs to be fixed instead of replacing them with foreigners....

Amen! But what do we do in the interim? Yes we are raising idiots and snowflakes but many of those teaching them are also idiots and snowflakes. They encourage mediocracy. They encourage communism. DEI and LBGTQ are an important part of curriculum. Look how many learning institutes provided safe spaces after President Trumps election. Complete with hot chocolate and coloring books. Look how many students protested Israel and celebrated the murder of the United Health CEO. Our learning institutions are rotten to the core.
This situation will not be fixed overnight.

I am sure there are many bright hardworking people right here in the USA. There are also many who don’t realize you have to work up the corporate ladder. Not start at the top rung with the best wages and benefits. They have been taught corporations are evil. Many have parents who were taught the same thing.

I will wait until January 20th to see what President Trump will do. Then we will find out how much of this is the media stirring the pot as they have done many times before.


20 posted on 12/29/2024 9:26:00 AM PST by mouse1
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