Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting. It's a myth with a long history ( www.npr.org )

oxjox , 3 months ago

The false notion that undocumented immigrants are affecting federal elections has been floating around for over 100 years.

The fact that we haven’t dispelled a myth for a hundred years does not give me a lot of hope of convincing people they may be wrong.

Moreover, how it is at all possible for figure heads like Trump and Musk continue to get away with these lies and convince people the lies are facts, is just… I just don’t even know. I can’t wrap my head around it. It’s got a very “flat earth” vibe to it.

Great article. Lots of good points I’m sure no one who actually has a concern over this will bother to read.

davel , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

I can’t wrap my head around it.

Tump and Musk know exactly what they’re doing. The capitalist class uses racism and immigrant fearmongering to sow working class division and keep its focus away from its real enemy: the capitalist class.

Edit to add: Capitalists, often illegally, exploit immigrants for cheap labor, so you know their rhetoric is bullshit. How Capitalism Perpetuates Immigration

PoliticalAgitator , 3 months ago

The fact that we haven’t dispelled a myth for a hundred years does not give me a lot of hope of convincing people they may be wrong

The people pushing it are probably aware it’s not true and definitely don’t care either way. They want cult members to threaten and intimidate anyone brown because the numbers say they’re more likely to vote Democrat.