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BlueUnikorn @blueunikorn.bsky.social

They shot people who tried to leave the Soviet Union. Barbed wire, guard towers, minefields. That’s why Soviets had to sneak out and “defect.” Are we all going to be prisoners in the United States soon?

aug 5, 2025, 2:53 am • 7 2

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Christ on a Stick @harriettethecat.bsky.social

I've been worrying about that too. I've noticed that hardly anyone extrapolates what's gonna happen down the line like i do

aug 5, 2025, 3:00 am • 3 0 • view
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BlueUnikorn @blueunikorn.bsky.social

Did you notice Trump’s executive order that says he can round up homeless people and put them in camps also says he can do that to the mentally ill? Those are both horrible, but immediately made me think of the Soviet Union calling poitical dissent mental illness. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cases_o...

aug 5, 2025, 3:10 am • 12 0 • view
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BlueUnikorn @blueunikorn.bsky.social

We are in Club Cassandra. Been here since at least 2016 and it is freaking scary, getting worse

aug 5, 2025, 3:07 am • 2 0 • view
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GUWonder @guwonder.bsky.social

The wealthiest Americans have been thinking about it for a while, which is why this group is the biggest or one of the biggest groups of buyers of foreign citizenship or residency rights via investment.

aug 5, 2025, 6:25 pm • 0 0 • view
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Yaga Baba @729xhappier.bsky.social

The authoritarian playbook says you bet your ass they restrict and ultimately close the border.

aug 5, 2025, 4:07 am • 1 0 • view
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opusmarta 🇳🇴 @opusmarta.no

Yes

aug 5, 2025, 8:20 am • 0 0 • view