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"someone's gaining jobs and someone's losing jobs" More jobs = more jobs for everyone. If I immigrate to your country nobody looses a job; I get given a job th
by Stevvo 5y ago
"someone's gaining jobs and someone's losing jobs"
More jobs = more jobs for everyone. If I immigrate to your country nobody looses a job; I get given a job that a native was unwilling or unable to take. My economic contribution to the society will also increase the total number of available jobs, meaning more jobs for everyone.
- azalemeth 5y agoIndeed. It's my understanding that in economics wealth can be created (and destroyed!) and isn't necessarily a zero-sum game. The UK had huge problems with the combined effects of the pandemic and brexit in getting its vegetables harvested. The most convincing explanation I've had as to why migration ends up being hated so much come from The Simpsons, in which Mayer Quimby [sic] blames migrants for other political problems...
- knorker 5y agoI'm not disagreeing with you. Well, except for the spelling of "lose".