• nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    Depends on context. If the context is “planning a holiday in El Salvador”, maybe MS-13 is relevant. Beyond being worried about impact on others’ lives, MS-13 is largely irrelevant to Americans and most people that I’ve encountered never heard of them before 2016.

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    5 months ago

    I’m going to go with option C, the Trump regime… We need to be more worried about them and how they ate dismantling our democracy.

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    Considering Russia kind of just put the final nail in the coffin for your democracy, probably Russia

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    Americans should be concerned about Trump and his goons first and foremost - the “homegrown” criminal gang.

    Seriously, had you heard about MS-13 before Trump?

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      Americans should be concerned about Trump and his goons first and foremost

      Soooooooo…. You’re saying Russia then.

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        Threats to the US

        A lapdog isn’t a threat except to reputation, even if they’re not on your side. Same reason North Korea isn’t on the list of threats.

        Even if they have influence, it’s not exactly domestic policy, otherwise you’d have to add the IRA to the list also.

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    5 months ago
    • international: Russia (and their puppet, Trump)
    • domestic: we have enough racist, fascist domestic terrorists (ex. Proud Boys, Patriot Front, etc., etc.) that pose far more of a threat to the US than MS-13
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    Russia, biggest mafia in the world, and also funds White supremecist/right wing groups all over the worlds.

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    We should be concerned about both.

    The Latin American gang crisis is real. Biden wanted to tackle it, and Congress said no. They have funding from c#ina to create issues at our border to destabilize us.

    Of course, every single arrested person deserves due process. Many are being targeted maliciously right now under false pretenses.

    Ruzzia is of course the greater threat. They are also very weak right now. Their victory with US sabotage is honestly their biggest win in decades, and their other fronts are utter failures. But their cruelty and focus on our demise has resulted in a surgical counterintelligence strike that will forever harm American life much moreso that the Latin American gangs.

    The greatest threat is c#ina, should they get more involved.