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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Your problem isn't with the migrant. It's with the government tolerating low wages and union breaking. It's with corporations that take advantage of people. We can change that though because this is still our country.

At the end of the day it's not a story of two groups, it's a story of what we're willing to tolerate. Because there's only 11 million undocumented immigrants in a country of about 200 million working adults. That fraction of the working age population isn't depressing anything. Then, about promotion, migrants want to get promoted too. But the reality is a large minority will work in minimum wage their entire lives. That's why we need regulations to make that better. And why it shouldn't matter that immigrants are there too. The minimum standard of living shouldn't be something people get threatened with.

Calling me an ivory tower person is also just a way to dismiss facts.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I once saw someone read a Metallica song to their kid as a bedtime story.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

My school had me read it when I was a kid.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Oh gosh there's a misunderstanding here. I'm not asking for more political violence. I'm merely offering what I've observed and learned about this stuff. The time cycle is unpredictable but if conditions get worse then it's a shorter cycle.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 32 points 14 hours ago (8 children)

Isn't there a very famous children's story about a pig that is more equal than the other pigs?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

That's the point of the Department of Labor. Nobody wants to work for less pay and no benefits. Corporations can force migrants to work for less than minimum wage, no benefits, and live in overcrowded housing on site because if the migrants complain too much then the corporation just calls ICE.

And at the end of the day if corporations are too powerful and keeping wages down then we can pass a higher minimum wage. But imagine if all those ICE agents were doing spot checks on employers for pay and safety issues. Where we put our resources matters and chasing metaphorical gophers has very quick diminishing returns.

And that's all without the macro economic point of view that points out having more consumers in your country means more economic activity which means more jobs.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Oh that's just the rhetoric. It'll never be a State. That would give it protection from the corporations. It'll be a territory with federal laws forcing them to allow corporations to mine and log anything the corporations desire.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

That's not going to work. You're asking them to abandon their homes, family, friend networks, and be banned from ever returning.

Conservatives characterize immigrants as poor people who haven't been here long and are a burden on our systems. The truth is almost exactly the opposite. The vast majority of the 11 million people here illegally have been here for years, if not decades. They are productive, they pay taxes, and commit crimes at a lower rate than citizens.

The answer is to stop worrying about "economic" migrants. Deport immigrants with DUIs and violent or financial felony convictions. Beef up the department of labor and go after companies paying people less than minimum wage. Then it's not a matter of jobs or services or crime. The only thing left is xenophobia.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Murdoch has news outlets in most of the world.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

That's not quite right in my opinion. Think of kids on the playground.

You do it

No you do it!

They're amping themselves up. Because they're adults, and not talking about poking a bug with a stick, it will most likely stay that way until someone in that group is badly affected by the system. Or until someone provides leadership.

Either way it's trending towards violence.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Yeah, that's the beginnings of people deciding government isn't going to help them and they have to deal with this on their own. It should be scary as fuck because, especially under Trump, it's going to lead to escalations in the security state which will only lead to escalations from the people.

It's going to get worse before it gets better.

 

A CBS News investigation found dozens of law enforcement leaders — sheriffs, captains, lieutenants, chiefs of police — buying and illegally selling firearms, even weapons of war, across 23 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., from the Deep South to the Midwest, Northeast and California coast. 

 

A CBS News investigation found dozens of law enforcement leaders — sheriffs, captains, lieutenants, chiefs of police — buying and illegally selling firearms, even weapons of war, across 23 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., from the Deep South to the Midwest, Northeast and California coast.

 

That's it, include a link of course but otherwise it's unchanged.

 

Several people pointed out that our rules for behavior weren't immediately apparent. While I would say this shouldn't be an issue in a community about posting new communities, I have been proven wrong on multiple occasions. So I have made the list in our sidebar. These are a paraphrasing of Mastodon.World's rules. So there is no functional change. We will continue to use their rules as a master list. But they boil down to being civil. If you don't like something or someone and have no constructive criticism, then you just move on.

I'm going to put changes here as well so people on apps can see them easier.

The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World’s rules. You can click the link but we’ve reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn’t a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

  1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.(link)

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn’t rule breaking and we can’t be supportive to them then we probably shouldn’t engage.

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C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

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Guys I understand there's big stuff going on in the world. This community though is really just about finding other communities. For now, on the theory that people kind of forgot where they were, some temp bans were handed out. I have no pretensions of this being c/news or something. But I also have no pretensions of this being c/news. It is absolutely beyond the pale to post your political broadsides here while people are trying to figure out the best place to have their community. The only way politics is acceptable here is if you're talking about opening or moving a community about politics or because of politics. And it should absolutely remain civil. A simple, "I don't like your ideology", is enough here.

 

Here we go again.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/403754

A Federal Reserve database of master accounts reveals “stunning” information in Wyoming-based Custodia Bank’s precedent-setting lawsuit against the Fed for denying its master account.

 

The Biden administration wants to set up a deconfliction line with China in much the same way they set one up with Russia during the Cold War. They're also signaling that future cooperation may come in the financial sector or by refining sanctions by tapping the Treasury Secretary as one of the next US officials to meet with Chinese leaders. The Commerce Secretary may also be about looking for a ways to offset the US bringing chip production home.

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