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This leads to everyone getting poorer, as there are no more immigrants to exploit. People no longer can get their houses renovated on the cheap, municipalities
by badpun 4y ago
This leads to everyone getting poorer, as there are no more immigrants to exploit. People no longer can get their houses renovated on the cheap, municipalities don't have cheap labor to pick up the trash and clean public toilets. Of course, since the immigrants come from even worse conditions, actually being economically exploited in the UK is a great deal for them. A win-win.
- alltheworlds 4y ago> This leads to everyone getting poorer, as there are no more immigrants to exploit. I'm an immigrant to the UK. No-one exploited me. I had a choice of lots of countries to go to (EU passport) and chose the UK voluntarily.
- badpun 4y agoNot every immigrant is doing hard labor for minimum wage or less... Those are the exploited ones, not people hanging on HN.
- alltheworlds 4y agoI worked as a barman, a shelf stacker, a fruit picker, a stock picker (I mean the guy at the back of the warehouse stacking trolleys with orders) before I transitioned to software. I was on minimum wage. I wasn't exploited, it was a means to an end. I don't think you would really care about me as an individual. I think you just didn't want my type here.