[–] 18 points 1 day ago

Feels like they're discriminating against orphans and runaways to be honest, precisely the kind of children who would find life as a child soldier most beneficial and appealing. Why have such an arbitrary roadblock for these marginalized youth to find a productive role in society?

/s obviously

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  • [–] 11 points 4 days ago

    Yes. The shit always flows downwards, it's just a fundamental law of physics. Not much can be done about that unfortunate reality.

    But in my fundamental laws of morality, responsibility for the shit always flows upwards, and those are the people I'm going to hold morally responsible.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago

    Not all visits are the same, and that's not really a good comparison. There's a huge difference between visiting as a tourist temporarily for the world cup (a high profile event with extensive news coverage where any refusal is going to attract attention and be very internationally newsworthy) and the relatively routine process of actually immigrating for long-term work (dirty immigrants taking our jobs! /s) which is exactly what they are fighting against, whether any of us agree with that or not.

    The latter is much, much riskier in today's political climate. It shouldn't be. But it is.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    They already know a lot about you that you might not imagine they do. Does that extend to whether you have social media accounts? Maybe, maybe not. If you declare your social media you're taking your chances with what's on there. If you lie about it, they may know you have one but not what it is, so you might get caught in that lie instead. It's really hard to generalize what to say when you have imperfect information about what they already know, and they rely on that. What they "know" about you doesn't have to reflect reality either, and there's really nothing you can do if they "know" or simply believe you have a social media account and you actually legitimately don't. Their beliefs trump reality. This is no longer a world where truth matters and you cannot rely on it to protect you.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago

    It was linked to catbox.moe for me, but I downloaded it myself using the code you provided and that worked, thanks. Also, found myself listed as one of the blacklisted users haha, I guess I pissed somebody off. Success!

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