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There are more than two paths. The older leftist path was that taking refugees was the moral thing to do, but taking immigrants to do cheap jobs was not. In t
by whstl 1y ago
There are more than two paths.
The older leftist path was that taking refugees was the moral thing to do, but taking immigrants to do cheap jobs was not.
In the past the left was saying "the real issue is capital using migration to drive down wages and fragment worker power".
Today nobody is saying that anymore, left or right, because nobody cares about neither refugees nor workers. It's just extremist positions in public discourse. Saying "economic migrant" has become a dog whistle.
- throwawayqqq11 1y agoI agree with tour depiction but tiny nitpick: this is not really describing problems with migrants and the real issue being capital driving down wages.
- whstl 1y agoThis is describing real problems, period. Whether you enjoy or not is immaterial. There are more than two ways to go about immigration, despite what people like you say.