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>Importing lots of young labor Everything old is new again, in this case slavery. What century is this, the 17th? I thought we graduated from hauling tons of
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>Importing lots of young labor
Everything old is new again, in this case slavery.
What century is this, the 17th? I thought we graduated from hauling tons of slaves across oceans.
- lesuorac 2y agoWho else is going to do menial jobs for low pay when the current citizenry have access to higher paying jobs?
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- AlexandrB 2y agoTeenagers and old people. This is no longer possible though. In my area there were hundreds of people (mostly immigrants) lining up at 4am in the hopes of getting a job at a grocery store. > for low pay Why not raise the pay? Why is the solution to devalue labor by massively increasing supply? This is what leads to decades of little to no wage growth.
- 3vidence 2y ago+1 For context for non Canadians, youth unemployment is at a decades high while we continue to increase immigration specifically for low income jobs.
- remarkEon 2y agoDoes everyone have memory loss? People in high school had after school jobs. Retirees did something on the side for some extra cash to send to their grand-kids. For whatever reason, after "tech" had its moment in the sun (and on Wall Street) the downward wage pressure went to 11. And that's why everyone is so insistent on more immigrants.
- stickfigure 2y agoApparently everything banal is hyperbole again.