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Thank you! I've got nothing against immigration, it's an important part of any healthy society. But I always bristled at the idea we need them to do our shit jobs.
What does that say about us as a society that we can't build our own homes, serve our own food? That we need a steady supply of desperate dark skinned people to fill these roles at rates we would turn our noses up at? Nothing good.
It's the modern version of importing slaves.
Importing wage slaves.
What it says is that we will always prioritize money and convenience over quality or societal health. Simple as.
Yes, I sometimes have this conversation with my spouse. They want to grab something off amazon at $29, and I'm like If you wait a day I can grab it at the local pharmacy for $8.99. Buying it at $29 is just driving prices up.
Amazon is the perfect example of capitalism metasticizing and killing society.
It is good for companies to innovate, reduce costs, etc.
It is terrible for those companies to then become so powerful they can control legislation and crush any further competition for all perpetuity.
Capitalism is fantastic, until you realize that without strong regulation, companies will simply squeeze everything beneath them in the name of profit.
I worked in logistics and supply chain for over a decade. Let me tell you, you know shit is broken when all you see is fealty to the largest companies.
Small business pays 2000 for a container? Walmart is paying 200. Why? Because Walmart brings in so much business that any shipping company would drown a million bags of kittens just to get a slice, so they in turn quote low, and squeeze anyone they have power over (suppliers, staff)
It's a sick game, and it's killing us.