• Jho@feddit.uk
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    8 months ago

    Yes you’re right. I will always advocate for changing our fundamentally flawed, capitalist system.

    The system cannot succeed as it requires people to work, and we are currently accelerating towards a world where there will not be enough work for people as AI and automation becomes more advanced.

    That said, systematic change cannot happen quickly and anti-immigration policies are absolutely not helping in the short term.

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      8 months ago

      immigration just to add new meat for the grinder will just increase social divisions, because the cause of the problem will not be dealt with. the same effect can be achieved by demanding a better wealth redistribution by increasing wages and taxing the shit out of the wealthy.

      i agree with you, sane immigration policies could also buy time to achieve the needed restructuring of our current system. but there is also a problem about immigration that most don’t take into account. the effect it has on countries where that immigration originates. brain drain is a real problem, if we drain countries from people that are willing to work hard those countries will never develop. the wealth and work redistribution needs to be on a global scale.