[lolsal]

I _really_ appreciate your comment.

I was initially reacting in a very knee-jerk and emotional way because I personally see this as a Bad Thing® as it does not align with my values and my wants for my country (US). Your comment made me think about it from a different perspective.

It saddens me to think that you may be right - that this may be deliberate - but you made me at least acknowledge that it might be the unfortunate 'will of the people', or at least some of them, even if not a majority.

[UncleMeat]

There is a useful phrase for this sort of thing - "the cruelty is the point". A lot of the trump administration policy makes more sense if you realize that it isn't about benefiting themselves but is actually about harming those they hate, even if those policies also hurt themselves.

[farone]

Your cosmopolitan “values” of celebrating global human labor trafficking are simply a means to exploit the global working class.

For most working Americans, and effectively many foreigners as well, global human labor trafficking is an objectively bad thing.

[lolsal]

Can you explain how my "values" celebrate global human labor trafficking?

[farone]

That’s what comprises the overwhelming amount of immigration to leading western nations. And it’s what governs, lobbies, and votes for pro-immigration law.