Who’s fault is it that so many people are seeking asylum in America?

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The interconnectedness of the U.S. gun crisis, violence and drug trafficking, and the crisis at the U.S. southern border.

Americans buy drugs from south of the border creating demand.

Drug cartels fight for the right to supply these drugs and make a lot of money

This fight creates a demand for AR-15 type weapons south of the border

America produces these weapons, sells them to Americans who then sell them to smugglers who take these guns across our border

American guns are then used by the drug cartels for violence all over Mexico and Central America.

This destabilizes those countries causing people to flee the violence and they migrate to the border seeking asylum 

The same Americans who support the gun makers and the availability of AR-15s complain about asylum seekers at the border.

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Who’s fault is it that so many people are seeking asylum in America
It's America's fault for being so based
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So what could be the solution?

Americans could stop buying drugs

Americans could stop producing AR-15s (the guns would likely come from somewhere else)

American authorities could stop the flow of guns being smuggled across the border (the guns would likely come from somewhere else)

American authorities could stop the flow of drugs into the country (but then the drugs would just be made in the US)

So it would appear the demand for drugs in the US is the key. If Americans stopped buying drugs, we wouldn’t have a border crisis.



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It's America's fault for being based
Slow down. What did you mean to write?

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A non-based person wouldn't understand.
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So it would appear the demand for drugs in the US is the key.
Make all drugs legal ergo regulated. Parents { government } supervisors those problem children/adults.

Nixon choose advice of his team that the smart political move was to police action agasinst drugs and rehabilitation is for some other country, not USA. He had the over data that drug rehabilitation programs worked well.

The war on drugs was, is and always be war on those responsibly smart actions, rather than expediently political dumb actions.

Even Bill Buckley finally came around that fact.
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It's nobody's fault because it is a good thing.
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Did you know that great part of these inmigrants come from Venezuela? This problem is not related to drug cartels then.

On the contrary, mexicans are very happy with these cartels because drug business feeds the mexican economy with the millions of laundered money the smugglers put in the local investment market, while the americans satisfy their insane drug addiction and boost their gun sales. Everyone wins. 😁
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well said.
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America destabilizing the world has been a thing since 1840 when America used Manifest Destiny (and still does re-branded as "spreading Democracy") as a justification to forcefully uproot nations and indenture them to the cause of the USA.

Ukraine is the most recent in a very long list.

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A non-based person wouldn't understand.
Are trying to say biased? Based makes no sense

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That is a factor for sure. So oil and Maduro are part of the problem and perhaps Trump’s policy 

“After President Maduro refused to yield power, the United States imposed an economic embargo against Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the state-owned oil company, and all its global subsidiaries, including Citgo in 2019. In addition, the Trump White House blocked Venezuelan government assets in the United States and prohibited Venezuela’s access to U.S. financial markets”



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The United States has been involved in the ongoing instability in Venezuela through various means over the years. One significant aspect is the imposition of economic sanctions in response to human rights abuses, democratic erosion, and corruption. These sanctions have targeted Venezuelan government officials and entities, as well as the country's oil sector, impacting its economy. The U.S. has also expressed support for opposition figures, recognizing Juan Guaidó as the interim president and calling for democratic reforms and free and fair elections. Diplomatic measures, such as withdrawing recognition of the Maduro government and coordinating efforts with international partners, have been taken to address the crisis. Additionally, the U.S. has provided humanitarian aid to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Venezuela. A troubling trend with modern American meddling is that democracies seem to need more intervention proportional to that country's oil reserves. Venezuela, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Ukraine...
Is that you or an AI? 🤔😆

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Here are the historic time frames for US meddling with Venezuela.

  1. Early 20th Century: 1902-1903 (Venezuela Crisis)
  2. Cold War Era: 1945-1991 (spanning the duration of the Cold War)
  3. Late 20th Century: 1999-2013 (during the presidency of Hugo Chávez)
  4. Recent Years: 2013-present (ongoing involvement in response to the political and economic crisis under President Nicolás Maduro)

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Did you know that a great part of these immigrants come from Venezuela? 
The United States has been involved in the ongoing instability in Venezuela through various means over the years. The US adopted a policy of imposing economic sanctions in response to human rights abuses, democratic erosion, and corruption. These sanctions have targeted Venezuelan government officials and entities, as well as the country's oil sector, impacting its economy. The U.S. has arbitrarily expressed support for opposition figures, recognizing Juan Guaidó as the interim president and calling for democratic reforms and free and fair elections. Diplomatic measures, such as withdrawing recognition of the Maduro government and coordinating efforts with international partners, have been taken to address the crisis. Strangely, the US appears to operate on a direct correlation between a nation's oil reserves and the perceived need for U.S. intervention in promoting democratic values. Countries with significant oil reserves often face ridiculous levels of U.S. intervention in their internal affairs. Even a casual larper can see  that considerations of resource availability influences US policy to intervene in the name of democracy. Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Ukraine...


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Here are the historic time frames for US meddling with Venezuela.
I see you didn’t mention Trump by name or the Trump policy towards Venezuela. Why is that SubTeach?

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“When used in online political language it can mean "based in fact" or the opposite of biased due to the number of people who saw it being first used seriously by the online political right and came to the conclusion that is was related to the phrase "destroyed with facts and logic" in reference to right wing personality Ben Shapiro”

Lol

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I see you didn’t mention Trump by name or the Trump policy towards Venezuela. Why is that SubTeach?

Because History is  comprehensive. Corporate MSNBC would have you believe all bad things started in 2016 and ended in 2020.

Also, grats on being a successful gay.
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Have you heard about the lonesome loser? He’s a loser but he still keeps on tryin. Lol
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grats on being a successful gay.