Comment on Chicago fighting ICE
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 1 week agoYour analogy is broken in just about every way imaginable as treating the symptoms is often done in conjunction with treating the disease.
Why? Often treating the symptoms is a life-saving measure in the short-term while treating the disease is a long-term solution. In cases where symptoms are not life-threatening it is still treated for comfort and ability to function.
**Both have to happen simultaneously. **
If all you do is sit back and try and fight the big problem and you don’t tackle the little problems eating away at the fabric under you. Eventually there won’t be any more fabric to stand on to fight the big problem.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Nothing good comes from antagonizing ICE directly. You will not stop a single person from being kidnapped by confronting ICE directly. They’ll just go back and get more funding, more manpower, more resources, more militarization, and more and more people will be kidnapped. So it’s not really like treating the cough with Robitussin. It’s more like treating it with cocaine. Or asbestos.
If “Slashing Tires” is your level of commitment, you’re better off slashing the tires of a random millionaire. Instead of ICE demanding more resources for their operations, that millionaire will demand resources be diverted to protecting their cars instead of abducting people. Meanwhile, we all cheer every time we read about a 1% being targeted.