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But if you welcome immigrants so as not to run out of labor or stagnate culturally, rather than simply dislike immigrants, you'd want to improve the bureaucracy

But if you welcome immigrants so as not to run out of labor or stagnate culturally, rather than simply dislike immigrants, you'd want to improve the bureaucracy.

slater 1y ago
Not if your reelection campaign is reliant on the votes of racists
- bill_joy_fanboy 1y ago
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  - the_gastropod 1y ago
    https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/ice-detention-statistics/ https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/ice-detention-statistics... According to the stats on this page, there’s literally not a single white immigrant from Europe who has been detained.
    - duped 1y ago
      There is at least one: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/documents-shed-light-background-of-hanover-park-police-officer-arrested-ice/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/documents-shed-light-ba... But the point still stands, they're out here rounding up people who don't look white enough.
    - hollerith 1y ago
      The page leaves whites out in the table of ethnicities, from which you jump to the conclusion that there are none.
      - the_gastropod 1y ago
        You’re jumping to the conclusion that there’s another reason they’d arbitrarily leave out such a segment. It’s either because there aren’t enough to merit an entry, or there’s some conspiracy afoot to make this obviously racist enforcement appear racist.
  - rootusrootus 1y ago
    > We could be talking about White immigrants from Europe Or ... white immigrants from South Africa? Yeah, it is about race.
- CrulesAll 1y ago
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  - slater 1y ago
    > nothing more than squealing rAsCiStS and fAsCiStS Luckily, that's not my argument.
    - CrulesAll 1y ago
      It's the entirety of your argument because it's the only argument you have.
CrulesAll 1y ago
"so as not to run out of labor" Beloved by the extreme right economically and now Trump. Low ball the labor market. Destroy the middle class and especially the working class. But at least CEOs will get their performance bonuses, and shareholders will see shares rise due to lower costs.
- IAmBroom 1y ago
  It's literally the current case. Our citizenry is incapable of meeting our labor needs. ("Why" is another discussion entirely.) If you were to remove all the illegal immigrants right now from the US, our economy would be kneecapped. Granted, the harvest season is over in most of the US, but housing would be among the first markets to collapse functionally. If you are uncertain how important that market is, study the Great Recession of 2008.
  - CrulesAll 1y ago
    As opposed to figuratively. "If you were to remove all the illegal immigrants right now from the US" The wage levels and benefits would have to rise to meet the demand for labor. The US would also have to sort out its education and trades system too. But if you think this is a skills shortage, I've got a bridge to sell you. And by the way, you are economically libertarian and on the same side as Trump. Bringing in an Indian to do the same job as an American citizen for half the wage is not a skill shortage, it's crony capitalism. "housing would be among the first markets to collapse functionally" Poe's Law. You'd have a massive supply in housing, and therefore a collapse in the prices to owning a house. It has nothing to do with '08. "f you are uncertain how important that market is, study the Great Recession of 2008." The great recession(It was a depression. I'd suggest studying definitions) was caused by three things: President Clinton scrapping Glass-Steagall Act, the dam set up after the Great Depression of '29 to stop it happening again. President Clinton signed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. Credit default swaps were the nukes of '08. Clinton exempted CDSs from regulation!! President Clinton rewrote the Community Reinvestment Act forcing banks and lending institutions to give NINJA loans under the charge of racism(see commentator above) if they did not. He also signed NAFTA allowing cheap labor and material into the US, and allowing companies to move South. (see Ross Perot great sucking sound) He also brought China into the WTO devastating not just America, but the entire West.
bill_joy_fanboy 1y ago
What exactly does "stagnate culturally" mean? As far as I can tell, America has rapidly become a cultural cesspit, and yet immigration has never been higher. Not sure I follow...
happytoexplain 1y ago
Implying that homogenous cultures are "stagnant" is a hideous insult to people all around the world.
- BobaFloutist 1y ago
  Is it a hideous insult because you think it's not true, or because the wording feels offensive? Is there a more polite way to express the same sentiment, if you think it's true, or is it either true or insulting?
  - _DeadFred_ 1y ago
    Cuba has had zero immigration for a long time but has an interesting culture. Vietnam has basically zero immigration. Indonesia. Philippines. India. Honduras. Guatemala. Brazil. Jamaica. Mexico. It's both insulting and untrue in a way that feels degrading to these nations' rich thriving cultures. That somehow only western, immigration heavy cultures are valid or are cultures of any worth.
    - BobaFloutist 1y ago
      I do think those nations have rich, thriving cultures. I also think that any culture, no matter how rich and thriving, can lead itself toward stagnation if it becomes overly insular. It's fair to point out that immigration isn't the only possible source of cultural diversity, but it's a powerful force for it, and I think the United States, being a huge cultural exporter, is at more risk than countries that are less dominant on the internet.
  - ThrowawayTestr 1y ago
    Just say what you really mean "white people have no culture"
    - BobaFloutist 1y ago
      Would it make you feel better if I told you I think Japan, South Korea, and China are at risk of the same? I'm not worried about which culture, I think any culture that's not exposed to other cultures is putting itself at a disadvantage.

But if you welcome immigrants so as not to run out of labor or stagnate culturally, rather than simply dislike immigrants, you'd want to improve the bureaucracy.

slater 1y ago

Not if your reelection campaign is reliant on the votes of racists

bill_joy_fanboy 1y ago
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- the_gastropod 1y ago
  https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/ice-detention-statistics/ https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/ice-detention-statistics... According to the stats on this page, there’s literally not a single white immigrant from Europe who has been detained.
  - duped 1y ago
    There is at least one: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/documents-shed-light-background-of-hanover-park-police-officer-arrested-ice/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/documents-shed-light-ba... But the point still stands, they're out here rounding up people who don't look white enough.
  - hollerith 1y ago
    The page leaves whites out in the table of ethnicities, from which you jump to the conclusion that there are none.
    - the_gastropod 1y ago
      You’re jumping to the conclusion that there’s another reason they’d arbitrarily leave out such a segment. It’s either because there aren’t enough to merit an entry, or there’s some conspiracy afoot to make this obviously racist enforcement appear racist.
- rootusrootus 1y ago
  > We could be talking about White immigrants from Europe Or ... white immigrants from South Africa? Yeah, it is about race.
CrulesAll 1y ago
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- slater 1y ago
  > nothing more than squealing rAsCiStS and fAsCiStS Luckily, that's not my argument.
  - CrulesAll 1y ago
    It's the entirety of your argument because it's the only argument you have.

CrulesAll 1y ago

"so as not to run out of labor" Beloved by the extreme right economically and now Trump. Low ball the labor market. Destroy the middle class and especially the working class. But at least CEOs will get their performance bonuses, and shareholders will see shares rise due to lower costs.

IAmBroom 1y ago
It's literally the current case. Our citizenry is incapable of meeting our labor needs. ("Why" is another discussion entirely.) If you were to remove all the illegal immigrants right now from the US, our economy would be kneecapped. Granted, the harvest season is over in most of the US, but housing would be among the first markets to collapse functionally. If you are uncertain how important that market is, study the Great Recession of 2008.
- CrulesAll 1y ago
  As opposed to figuratively. "If you were to remove all the illegal immigrants right now from the US" The wage levels and benefits would have to rise to meet the demand for labor. The US would also have to sort out its education and trades system too. But if you think this is a skills shortage, I've got a bridge to sell you. And by the way, you are economically libertarian and on the same side as Trump. Bringing in an Indian to do the same job as an American citizen for half the wage is not a skill shortage, it's crony capitalism. "housing would be among the first markets to collapse functionally" Poe's Law. You'd have a massive supply in housing, and therefore a collapse in the prices to owning a house. It has nothing to do with '08. "f you are uncertain how important that market is, study the Great Recession of 2008." The great recession(It was a depression. I'd suggest studying definitions) was caused by three things: President Clinton scrapping Glass-Steagall Act, the dam set up after the Great Depression of '29 to stop it happening again. President Clinton signed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. Credit default swaps were the nukes of '08. Clinton exempted CDSs from regulation!! President Clinton rewrote the Community Reinvestment Act forcing banks and lending institutions to give NINJA loans under the charge of racism(see commentator above) if they did not. He also signed NAFTA allowing cheap labor and material into the US, and allowing companies to move South. (see Ross Perot great sucking sound) He also brought China into the WTO devastating not just America, but the entire West.

bill_joy_fanboy 1y ago

What exactly does "stagnate culturally" mean? As far as I can tell, America has rapidly become a cultural cesspit, and yet immigration has never been higher. Not sure I follow...

happytoexplain 1y ago

Implying that homogenous cultures are "stagnant" is a hideous insult to people all around the world.

BobaFloutist 1y ago
Is it a hideous insult because you think it's not true, or because the wording feels offensive? Is there a more polite way to express the same sentiment, if you think it's true, or is it either true or insulting?
- _DeadFred_ 1y ago
  Cuba has had zero immigration for a long time but has an interesting culture. Vietnam has basically zero immigration. Indonesia. Philippines. India. Honduras. Guatemala. Brazil. Jamaica. Mexico. It's both insulting and untrue in a way that feels degrading to these nations' rich thriving cultures. That somehow only western, immigration heavy cultures are valid or are cultures of any worth.
  - BobaFloutist 1y ago
    I do think those nations have rich, thriving cultures. I also think that any culture, no matter how rich and thriving, can lead itself toward stagnation if it becomes overly insular. It's fair to point out that immigration isn't the only possible source of cultural diversity, but it's a powerful force for it, and I think the United States, being a huge cultural exporter, is at more risk than countries that are less dominant on the internet.
- ThrowawayTestr 1y ago
  Just say what you really mean "white people have no culture"
  - BobaFloutist 1y ago
    Would it make you feel better if I told you I think Japan, South Korea, and China are at risk of the same? I'm not worried about which culture, I think any culture that's not exposed to other cultures is putting itself at a disadvantage.