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Why shouldn't they be? They're not competing for local resources, which is the main point of contention regarding immigration.

• free_bip 1y ago
  But they literally are... Instead of hiring a Japanese person, they're hiring someone from the Philippines.
  • Tade0 1y ago
    Japan's unemployment rate over the last decade averaged below 3%. That is essentially full employment with jobs to spare. Hardly any takers for those positions.
• gruez 1y ago
  >They're not competing for local resources, which is the main point of contention regarding immigration. Isn't "competing for local resources" just a fig leaf for "I don't want to lose my job to some foreigner"? That's a far better theory because it explains both anti-immigration sentiment as well as anti-globalization/offshoring sentiment.
  • Tade0 1y ago
    Doesn't account for e.g. British pensioners who, back before Brexit, would buy property in Spain and spend their retirement there, putting considerable pressure on local healthcare. Similarly, there's a growing resentment in Japan towards real estate bros, who buy several properties just to rent them out.
• lesuorac 1y ago
  Could you load up a 747 and fly them in for the day and then fly them out for the night? Why is that so much different than them controlling a robot remotely? If you want people to be able to immigrate into your country and work thats fine; just make it the law!
  • nairboon 1y ago
    Even if you fly them in and out, they'd still need a work visa. Controlling an avatar-robot could thus indeed be seen as a scheme to circumvent working visas.
  • Tade0 1y ago
    > Why is that so much different than them controlling a robot remotely? Plenty of consequences from people being physically present there. You have to clear customs, account for smuggling, human trafficking, epidemiological risks, possibility of people fleeing or becoming stranded in the destination country for whatever reason.