• JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 days ago

    Yes, if we remove our migrant population then we literally lose the majority of our food production workers. I think it’ll also impact our construction work force, much of our factory workforce, our waitstaff, and various other jobs US citizens turn their noses up at - because those jobs literally would not sustain them and would destroy their bodies over time. Most of these jobs are sustained entirely by the desperation of immigrants trying to escape their prior circumstances.

    Edit- added more detail in bold to make it clearer the the issue lies in how these jobs are conducted rather than being with US citizens.

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      jobs US citizens turn their noses up at

      Jobs that typically don’t pay enough for the cost to your body, health, and mental sanity. The overlords love the illegal immigrant stuff because it lets them put the thumbscrews to the workers, both in terms of downward pressure to the wages paid out, and in terms of desperation so the people without other options are forced to work in horrible conditions for terrible pay.

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        23 hours ago

        It’s telling that they blame the migrants workers for “stealing the jerbs” instead of the businesses that hire migrants workers in order to get around paying a fair wage

        Why blame a white capitalist when anyone else can take the fall?

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          23 hours ago

          Florida briefly tried to enforce it on this basis and immediately had a labor crisis so afaik they stopped.

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        2 days ago

        That’s a fair critique, I made it sound more like US citizens are snobby for rejecting underpaid, dangerous jobs when in reality the US’s base infrastructure still entirely relies on a form of slave labor to persist. I should’ve been more nuanced with my description.

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          It’s not even a critique, really. We’re all fed up, angry, and looking to throw around punches at everything. My comments are just as much about venting and getting mad.