And started with wealthy parents, often.

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I said what I said.

Churches already are bastions of CSA.

Actions speak louder than words is my point.

I’m saying it’s not either or (I think in programing language it’s called XOR). im not sure how I could have been more clear than “both.”

That assumes all people are of the same ability.

It’s both. Humans are complex beings.

To put it another way, love is unconditional, access to me is not.

And? Our bureaucracy is the way it is by design, to favor slavers.

I’m not sure you understand me. What could and should be are not always what actually is. Additionally, the USA has nearly 350 mn people, each state uses their own tech, own rules unless otherwise federally mandated, and DOGE went into federal systems and deleted and destroyed a lot. Moreover, individual counties and municipalities have their own systems. Rural areas don’t have the funding populous areas do, and people who can afford higher taxes simply don’t want to pay them and fight against them. Small towns here don’t even have websites, but FB pages.

Do their actions align?

Beyond that, maybe some working class do believe; I posit politicians believe rhetoric is powerful.

People move, die, get married/legally change their names, or simply can’t afford the cost of or travel to obtain a RealID. OTOH, immigrants do need a RealID.

Computer glitches and human error occur. Bureaucracies aren’t designed for efficiency.

ETA, a percentage of immigrants don’t have visas but do need to work. Identity theft occurs, but it’s not as overblown as some media and politicians make it. In a country with the population as large as the USA, a small percentage can translate into bureaucratic tangles that are frustrating to unknot. I don’t blame the immigrants as much as policy, both in wrecking immigrants’ nation of origin, as well as nigh-impossible to navigate labyrinths of bureaucracy.

We have to prove we’re a legal citizen and reside in the district (precinct) where we cast our votes.

Or are very poor and rural, without transportation.

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Thank you. I had pushed it a few times buy was confused by the “delay.”

The Lust Demon is probably one of their gods, tbh.

Nah, I didn’t miss it, I simply think they believe nothing of the sort, but find it a convenient excuse to keep exploiting and abusing others. But they’re still not welcome to settle in Israel, greater or not.

One stopped and admitted he did it. The other doubled down.

I remember hrc gloating about the CIA-attempt at fomenting yet another color revolution there, and the brutal repression, that followed. I also remember being more naïve, thinking green spring was a good thing.

Sometimes I lament that I’ve not done much growing, but when I look back, I realize I may not be where I want to be, but hallelujah, I’m certainly not where I was. It reminds me perhaps I could be a bit more patient with the slow awakening of the rest of the world; and at once, how little time there is, for the global masses and human life, as a whole.

As plays out on various Lemmy instances, one side is celebrated and wins by breaking the rules, while loudly crying about and denouncing any incursion, accidental or intentional, by the other side.

Being a part of the establishment, I don’t think this would serve Democrats well, but as they should have been doing all along, they should do everything legally within their power to exercise their own power to effectively serve their constituents.

I remember Democratic leadership saying they would do nothing but let the constituents see how much worse it could get. They played that strategy to the hilt and won big. They know they don’t have to do anything for the citizens except be “not Republican.”