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Do the rich, a ka "the klept" as he calls them, really suffer the most from unchecked immigration? It seems rather doubtful to me, as presumably immigrants woul
by kkjjkgjjgg 5y ago
Do the rich, a ka "the klept" as he calls them, really suffer the most from unchecked immigration? It seems rather doubtful to me, as presumably immigrants would compete with and provide cheap labor?
- nostrademons 5y agoDepends where we are in history. With functioning political and legal systems, police, public order, and general protection of property rights and taboo against violence, the rich benefit from immigration. It provides a more abundant, cheaper workforce, and societal institutions can prevent any negative consequences. If those political institutions collapse, there is nothing scarier than an angry mob of starving people who are united with each other through a common culture, but disunited from you.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoSure but "the klept" according to the article are doing their benefitting (stealing) now, according to the article. And the institutions are still kind of working. There would also presumably be enough poor already to form a scary mob, even without immigration.
- rjsw 5y agoThe current systems redirects the anger of the poor against the "other poor".
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoThe competition seems to be real, though?
- xvilka 5y agoThe "klept" word came from William Gibson's The Peripheral and Agency books[1]. Highly recommend. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/series/270911-jackpot https://www.goodreads.com/series/270911-jackpot
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoThanks, I think I will read it. I have been wondering for a while if I should read another Gibson book.