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    Why the Wall Won't Work

    The legal, practical, economic, and moral case against Trump's border barrier.

    http://reason.com/archives/2017/…

    • 1600km of precast concrete, in parts of 10m x 15m, is a some serious bullshit. Does he think that stuff sets overnight?face_melter
    • And add another 4m for the foundations.face_melter
    • "Build your wall as high and thick as you want, we will simply dig below it" - Mexicoutopian
    • Do people really think a large wall will somehow bring their jobs back?nb
    • @nb, yes, and it will stop the thousands and thousands and thousands of rapesmonospaced
    • "Entities other than the federal government—states, Indian tribes, private individuals—control over two-thirds of borderland property."yuekit
    • An interesting detail that was somehow never brought up during the campaign. How does Trump plan to build a wall when he doesn't control the land he needsyuekit
    • to build it on?yuekit
    • Yes, it was brought up by people with half a brain who knew that his idea of a wall was not only stupid as fuck, but also a logistical and legal nightmare.monospaced

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