• kibiz0r ( kibiz0r@midwest.social ) 
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    5 months ago

    There’s a very narrow sense in which it’s true: immigrants are willing to work harder, in worse conditions, for less pay… and therefore your life gets harder when you have to compete against them in the labor market.

    But to keep the blame right there, you have to be a profoundly uncurious person.

    Not just why they’re able to successfully undercut you, but also why they are incentivized to undercut you and why they’ve even been forced to relocate to your labor market in the first place.

    In particular, thinking that more dramatic threats to the immigrant population (via increased enforcement) is going to make them a less exploitable labor competitor is uhhh… quite a remarkable delusion.

  • Draconic NEO ( Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    5 months ago

    Unfortunately it seems like a lot of people are dumb enough to think capitalism isn’t a problem, and are more than happy to apologize for things as they are. Despite the fact they are openly willing to admit that the way things are now is not acceptable.