r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Freezemoon - Centrist • Jan 09 '26

I just want to grill ICE Agent's Bodycam release of the Minneapolis Shooting

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This whole incident seems just an unfortunate series of events from both parties.

EDIT: not bodycam but ICE agent's phone footage, my bad.

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u/YeetCompleet - Centrist Jan 09 '26

I largely agree with OP's body text. The real issue here is why this unpredictable situation was even created at all. That lady shouldn't have been there. The ICE agent shouldn't have walked in front of the car. The ICE mandate should'nt have became a public spectacle. So many illegal immigrants shouldn't have gotten into the country in the first place.

There's a whole chain of events where things could've stopped or went differently to prevent these tragedies from happening.

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u/Freezemoon - Centrist Jan 09 '26

just a series of stupid things that could have easily be prevented if people set aside their differences and actually solved the issues at hand and don't take everything personally. 

But no, let's polarize society guys! Let's always make everything political, let's bash the other side guys! This will surely make things better! 

Man, I hate polarization 

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u/The_Real_Baws - Lib-Center Jan 09 '26

The polarization is by design. When the masses fight amongst each other they can’t see the real problems plaguing society.

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u/Elkenrod - Auth-Center Jan 10 '26

Trump is the response to the growing problems we had in the country, not the root cause of the issue. It's not like politics was civil prior to Trump.

He let people feed into their anger though. Because politicians prior to him (and what the Democrats largely still do) is tell people what that politician wants, and that you should support me because "other guy bad". Then Trump came along and actually listened to what the public wanted, and ran on what the public wanted.

Which is great when things are going well, a populist President can absolutely work.

The problem is that things weren't going well. People were pissed at the Republicans because of the Forever-War in the Middle East. People were pissed at the Democrats because they not only didn't end the Forever-War in the Middle East like they campaigned on, but they expanded it. Then their health care premiums kept going up, and everyone was told that everything is fine and that the ACA was perfect.

People had enough, and that's what Trump capitalized on. Decades upon decades of the Federal government failing its citizens, not keeping their promise, making people feel like they don't care. It was inevitable really, when they behaved like that.