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Good to know what to avoid. Since America and Britain stopped importing people, I'm doing my part to stop them exporting products. I have a soft boycott on pro

Good to know what to avoid. Since America and Britain stopped importing people, I'm doing my part to stop them exporting products. I have a soft boycott on products made by those countries' companies. No more McDonalds, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, chocolate digestives, etc. It's a soft boycott, because if someone else buys it for me or suggests it then I don't mind. "I'd like a non-alcoholic drink." "Coke?" "Fine." But I don't choose those products for myself. I try to support local companies instead. I extended the boycott to include Australia after the 457 visa got cancelled, and New Zealand due to the tightening of quotas on the Skilled Migrant Category. Despite this, I've still been on holiday to some of those countries, and even plan to move there if I'm one of the lucky ones who can actually get a visa. I just think it's unfair to impose Western products on other nations, using globalisation for profit, without accepting the social consequence of increased immigration.

pkaye 9y ago
What about Intel, AMD, Apple and Google? What computer do you use? Which phone?
- peterburkimsher 9y ago
  A computer that my parents bought for me when I went to university. A phone that my dad bought for me as a graduation present. A few of my gadgets are made by American companies, but I bought them second-hand. I can't afford to buy these things new.
saryant 9y ago
Nearly half a million people have been naturalized in the US so far in 2017, so I'm not sure how that equates to stopping immigration.
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Veratyr 9y ago
> Since America and Britain stopped importing people As someone working in the US on a visa, with many coworkers in the same situation, what do you mean? > I extended the boycott to include Australia after the 457 visa got cancelled The 457 visa wasn't cancelled, it was replaced by the TSS visa, which is substantially the same.
- peterburkimsher 9y ago
  The TSS is not the same as the 457 visa. https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/457-abolition-replacement https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/457-abolition-replacemen... "a requirement for visa applicants to have at least three years’ work experience" "a non-discriminatory workforce test to ensure employers are not actively discriminating against Australian workers" "new, more targeted occupation lists which better align with skill needs in the Australian labour market" "a requirement for visa applicants to have at least two years’ work experience in their skilled occupation" It's been a long, difficult, wandering struggle to find a country willing to accept me for 3 years so I can get enough work experience. Expanding on that would be my personal story. I have many friends at various stages of education/work experience, all just trying to find a country to welcome them. Work experience requirements are a veiled age limit. This is persecution of younger generations. The youth are not happy with the status quo, and are resentful of older generations for these kinds of rules.
  - Veratyr 9y ago
    > It's been a long, difficult, wandering struggle to find a country willing to accept me for 3 years so I can get enough work experience. Your home country? > Work experience requirements are a veiled age limit. This is persecution of younger generations. Hardly. It just means that someone has to have demonstrated their ability, not just acquired a piece of paper.
    - peterburkimsher 9y ago
      I don't have a "home country". It's not easy to "demonstrate one's ability" when one is not allowed to get a job.
yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago
> impose Western products Nobody's forcing them to buy anything, you know.
- peterburkimsher 9y ago
  Exclusivity contracts. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-many-restaurants-only-serve-Pepsi-or-Coke-but-not-both https://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-many-restaurants-only-serve-...
  - yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago
    "They changed their contract, usually because Pepsi offered them a lower prices for the syrup, the dispensers and the CO2." Oh no, they're so oppressed that they switched suppliers to get a better deal.
tonyedgecombe 9y ago
Since America and Britain stopped importing people Net long-term international migration was estimated to be +246,000 in year ending (YE) March 2017. There is no sign it has shifted since, nor is there much sign it will change post Brexit. This is way above the long term average which IIRC is about +100,000. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/migrationstatisticsquarterlyreport/august2017 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populati...

pkaye 9y ago

What about Intel, AMD, Apple and Google? What computer do you use? Which phone?

peterburkimsher 9y ago
A computer that my parents bought for me when I went to university. A phone that my dad bought for me as a graduation present. A few of my gadgets are made by American companies, but I bought them second-hand. I can't afford to buy these things new.

saryant 9y ago

Nearly half a million people have been naturalized in the US so far in 2017, so I'm not sure how that equates to stopping immigration.

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Veratyr 9y ago

> Since America and Britain stopped importing people As someone working in the US on a visa, with many coworkers in the same situation, what do you mean? > I extended the boycott to include Australia after the 457 visa got cancelled The 457 visa wasn't cancelled, it was replaced by the TSS visa, which is substantially the same.

peterburkimsher 9y ago
The TSS is not the same as the 457 visa. https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/457-abolition-replacement https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/457-abolition-replacemen... "a requirement for visa applicants to have at least three years’ work experience" "a non-discriminatory workforce test to ensure employers are not actively discriminating against Australian workers" "new, more targeted occupation lists which better align with skill needs in the Australian labour market" "a requirement for visa applicants to have at least two years’ work experience in their skilled occupation" It's been a long, difficult, wandering struggle to find a country willing to accept me for 3 years so I can get enough work experience. Expanding on that would be my personal story. I have many friends at various stages of education/work experience, all just trying to find a country to welcome them. Work experience requirements are a veiled age limit. This is persecution of younger generations. The youth are not happy with the status quo, and are resentful of older generations for these kinds of rules.
- Veratyr 9y ago
  > It's been a long, difficult, wandering struggle to find a country willing to accept me for 3 years so I can get enough work experience. Your home country? > Work experience requirements are a veiled age limit. This is persecution of younger generations. Hardly. It just means that someone has to have demonstrated their ability, not just acquired a piece of paper.
  - peterburkimsher 9y ago
    I don't have a "home country". It's not easy to "demonstrate one's ability" when one is not allowed to get a job.

yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago

> impose Western products Nobody's forcing them to buy anything, you know.

peterburkimsher 9y ago
Exclusivity contracts. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-many-restaurants-only-serve-Pepsi-or-Coke-but-not-both https://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-many-restaurants-only-serve-...
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago
  "They changed their contract, usually because Pepsi offered them a lower prices for the syrup, the dispensers and the CO2." Oh no, they're so oppressed that they switched suppliers to get a better deal.

tonyedgecombe 9y ago

Since America and Britain stopped importing people Net long-term international migration was estimated to be +246,000 in year ending (YE) March 2017. There is no sign it has shifted since, nor is there much sign it will change post Brexit. This is way above the long term average which IIRC is about +100,000. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/migrationstatisticsquarterlyreport/august2017 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populati...