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> It keeps salaries lower to reduce inflation and preserves the status quo. That doesn’t seem correct. Waves of Hispanic and Asian immigration has reshaped Ca
by pm90 7y ago
> It keeps salaries lower to reduce inflation and preserves the status quo.
That doesn’t seem correct. Waves of Hispanic and Asian immigration has reshaped California from Conservative to _the_ most liberal state. CA also has high minimum wages and much better worker protections than most other states, due to the liberal leaning politicians that got elected.
- Spooky23 7y agoEnter the right wing "populists". Why do you think that these folks are so upset about immigration from Latin America and Asia? The old way was to exploit cheap immigrant labor... but after many years, you now have a situation where that immigrant labor is disrupting the status quo. This has happened before. The same type language directed at Mexican and central american laborers was directed at Irish, Italian, Greek, Chinese and Jewish immigrants in the 19th century. Race, religion, supposed immorality, the same shit. See the Page Act, Chinese Exclusion Act and "Know Nothing Party".