My camera shoots fascists

Two US Army APC's leaving the Ajo border patrol station headed south this morning. First I've seen of the military here near the border. These appeared to be Stryker M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicles based on my best Wikipedia guess.

I regretfully have to head north for a few months this morning or I would have followed them down and gotten some shots of them driving around doing nothing along the border wall.

Because there's literally nothing to do there. This is all a silly photo op and part of the larger performance of border theater. I even feel a little bad posting photos here because, in my own insignificant way, it plays to the narrative. I mean, if the army is there with all this hardware, then there must be a problem, right?

I hope these guys don't get too bored and start driving these things across the desert smashing over saguaro cactus the way the national guard did when they were here back around 2008.

#Border #Immigration #BorderTheater #BorderIndustrialComplex

Apr 24, 2025 at 4:10pmWeb
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsApr 24, 2025
I'd rather be posting about lizards.
Show threadMrPistachiosApr 24, 2025
@Mikal that's not good to see, Ive camped by Ajo and it was so nice and extremely quiet, I actually found out I had tinnitus there
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsApr 24, 2025

@mrpistachios

Thing is, nothing is going to happen. They're gonna drive up and down the border road "patrolling" or whatever theater they need to perform. It's so quiet nowadays. Very very few people are coming over the border. And those that do come over the fence are not gangsters armed with assault rifles who are going to get into firefights with the army. They are people migrating across the desert looking for safety or work in the US.

Like I said, my main worry is that, first, they might see a couple migrants and chased them down across the desert tearing up the wildlife refuge or national park in the process. The second concern is the ratcheting effect. It really ramped up under the Clinton administration and every administration since has built more barrier, spent more money, brought in more personnel and weapons and now we have the literal militarization of the border. I can't imagine even the best Democratic administration ever de-ratcheting all of this.