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Housing isn't the only thing that "solves" immigration issues. The immigrants have to, you know, assimilate. For whatever reason this step has been deleted fro

Housing isn't the only thing that "solves" immigration issues. The immigrants have to, you know, assimilate. For whatever reason this step has been deleted from the usual policy matrix, and as a result we've been running a great experiment over the last 20+ years in Canada, Europe, and the US.

bawolff 2y ago
I personally don't believe lack of assimilation is a siginificant driver of anti-immigrant sentiment in canada at present.
- 3vidence 2y ago
  I have to ask based on this. Do you live in Canada? Canada / India tensions is definitely a pretty core driver of the immigration sentiment in Canada. Unfortunately in many ways Indian TFW have been linked to a large number of national crime stories in the past ~5 years that have caused a lot of anger in Canada. * State sponsored assassination * Gang bombing / shootings related to showing of Indian movies * International student slaying entire family at their home * Stolen car driving wrong way down highway killing entire family * Country wide car theft ring * Trafficking of narcotics across CAN-USA border * Mass immigration / employment fraud * Violent clashes outside of Mosques These were literally off the top of my head and every story is specifically linked to Indian TFWs. Having grown up in Canada these types of stories were not common growing up and definitely weren't so specifically concentrated.
Yeul 2y ago
Yes Indians come to Canada for jobs and money but keep their own culture. I always find it slightly bizarre. I have tried to explain that culture and economy are interlinked. India's inequality and superstitious beliefs will keep the population poor.
- gruez 2y ago
  >I always find it slightly bizarre. I have tried to explain that culture and economy are interlinked. India's inequality and superstitious beliefs will keep the population poor. These arguments are... unreliable to say the least. Back when east asia was poor, people made similar "culture and economy are interlinked" claims. Specifically, that confucianism was holding them back and keeping them poor. After the east asian miracle happened, people did a 180, and confucianism was a good thing led to their rapid growth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Asian_Tigers#Cultural_basis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Asian_Tigers#Cultural_bas...
  - Yeul 2y ago
    Confucius probably wouldn't champion women working.

bawolff 2y ago

I personally don't believe lack of assimilation is a siginificant driver of anti-immigrant sentiment in canada at present.

3vidence 2y ago
I have to ask based on this. Do you live in Canada? Canada / India tensions is definitely a pretty core driver of the immigration sentiment in Canada. Unfortunately in many ways Indian TFW have been linked to a large number of national crime stories in the past ~5 years that have caused a lot of anger in Canada. * State sponsored assassination * Gang bombing / shootings related to showing of Indian movies * International student slaying entire family at their home * Stolen car driving wrong way down highway killing entire family * Country wide car theft ring * Trafficking of narcotics across CAN-USA border * Mass immigration / employment fraud * Violent clashes outside of Mosques These were literally off the top of my head and every story is specifically linked to Indian TFWs. Having grown up in Canada these types of stories were not common growing up and definitely weren't so specifically concentrated.

Yeul 2y ago

Yes Indians come to Canada for jobs and money but keep their own culture. I always find it slightly bizarre. I have tried to explain that culture and economy are interlinked. India's inequality and superstitious beliefs will keep the population poor.

gruez 2y ago
>I always find it slightly bizarre. I have tried to explain that culture and economy are interlinked. India's inequality and superstitious beliefs will keep the population poor. These arguments are... unreliable to say the least. Back when east asia was poor, people made similar "culture and economy are interlinked" claims. Specifically, that confucianism was holding them back and keeping them poor. After the east asian miracle happened, people did a 180, and confucianism was a good thing led to their rapid growth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Asian_Tigers#Cultural_basis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Asian_Tigers#Cultural_bas...
- Yeul 2y ago
  Confucius probably wouldn't champion women working.