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Our immigration policy is Destroying America

The narrative on immigration in America has been the same since the 1920s. Immigrants steal jobs, ruin our culture, and leach off government handouts.

This has been amplified heavily by the MAGA movement in recent years, using xenophobic rhetoric and isolationism to mold the Republican Party away from pro immigration Neoconservatism to anti immigration Nationalism.

This has left the Democratic Party split on the issue, with some centrists following the anti immigration trend, leaving only progressives to fully support open immigration.

This new animosity towards immigration has left our economy in a very rough spot. This is due to the very nature of our late stage capitalist economy.

Continuous economic development.

This is the motto that drives the American economy.

Thanks to this continuous development, we Americans have been afforded a strong economy, cheap goods, and economic security.

Treating the American economy like a factory only useful for pumping out as much capital as possible has some downsides however.

Lots of downsides.

But today we will be focusing on how poorly the economy reacts to losing one of its most vital resources.

That resource is bodies.

This movement to end all immigration is the main factor that has led to the massive inflation that we have faced in recent years.

The reasoning behind this is that with less access to workers, corporations are forced to increase the pay for all workers so that they can keep the workers that they have. As a socialist, this sounds amazing. Forcing companies to compete for workers gives us leverage and create a more balanced relationship between workers and corporations.

The problem is that our economy is not designed for this to happen.

Our economy is made for continuous economic development, and when companies are faced with increasing labor costs due to labor shortages, they increase prices instead of taking small hits to productivity.

This increase in prices is never proportional to wage increases due to a constant desire for increased profits.

This process then becomes cyclical. People ask for more money because they know their labor is more valuable, companies say yes, then increase prices more than they increase pay. Then people ask for more pay because prices are so high.

This is what has caused our inflation crisis.

So how does immigration solve this problem?

It’s pretty simple. With increased immigration, workers are forced to compete more, which allows wages to stabilize. This pushes corporations to stop raising prices because the labor market is no longer as competitive.

This shows that our economy is completely dependent on corporations holding all the power, and treating the workers terribly.

So how do we fix this?

The answer is absolutely not to halt immigration. All this will do is play into the system as it is, and stop people in need from finding a better life.

Instead, I believe that the best solution would be unionization.

Unionization would allow us to continue to reap the benefits that come with a more equal playing field, while also keeping the economy in check by allowing more labor into the market through immigration.

From here of course we would want to regulate the capitalist system that we have and promote worker cooperatives so that the inherently harmful system that we have now can be abolished. For now though, we will have to do what we can within the constraints of our current economic system.

In conclusion, we need immigrants to keep the economy healthy, but this may lead to short term losses for the average worker until structures can be built that can support them.

[learning-left]

Our immigration policy is Destroying America

The narrative on immigration in America has been the same since the 1920s. Immigrants steal jobs, ruin our culture, and leach off government handouts.

This has been amplified heavily by the MAGA movement in recent years, using xenophobic rhetoric and isolationism to mold the Republican Party away from pro immigration Neoconservatism to anti immigration Nationalism.

This has left the Democratic Party split on the issue, with some centrists following the anti immigration trend, leaving only progressives to fully support open immigration.

This new animosity towards immigration has left our economy in a very rough spot. This is due to the very nature of our late stage capitalist economy.

Continuous economic development.

This is the motto that drives the American economy.

Thanks to this continuous development, we Americans have been afforded a strong economy, cheap goods, and economic security.

Treating the American economy like a factory only useful for pumping out as much capital as possible has some downsides however.

Lots of downsides.

But today we will be focusing on how poorly the economy reacts to losing one of its most vital resources.

That resource is bodies.

This movement to end all immigration is the main factor that has led to the massive inflation that we have faced in recent years.

The reasoning behind this is that with less access to workers, corporations are forced to increase the pay for all workers so that they can keep the workers that they have. As a socialist, this sounds amazing. Forcing companies to compete for workers gives us leverage and create a more balanced relationship between workers and corporations.

The problem is that our economy is not designed for this to happen.

Our economy is made for continuous economic development, and when companies are faced with increasing labor costs due to labor shortages, they increase prices instead of taking small hits to productivity.

This increase in prices is never proportional to wage increases due to a constant desire for increased profits.

This process then becomes cyclical. People ask for more money because they know their labor is more valuable, companies say yes, then increase prices more than they increase pay. Then people ask for more pay because prices are so high.

This is what has caused our inflation crisis.

So how does immigration solve this problem?

It’s pretty simple. With increased immigration, workers are forced to compete more, which allows wages to stabilize. This pushes corporations to stop raising prices because the labor market is no longer as competitive.

This shows that our economy is completely dependent on corporations holding all the power, and treating the workers terribly.

So how do we fix this?

The answer is absolutely not to halt immigration. All this will do is play into the system as it is, and stop people in need from finding a better life.

Instead, I believe that the best solution would be unionization.

Unionization would allow us to continue to reap the benefits that come with a more equal playing field, while also keeping the economy in check by allowing more labor into the market through immigration.

From here of course we would want to regulate the capitalist system that we have and promote worker cooperatives so that the inherently harmful system that we have now can be abolished. For now though, we will have to do what we can within the constraints of our current economic system.

In conclusion, we need immigrants to keep the economy healthy, but this may lead to short term losses for the average worker until structures can be built that can support them.

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I thought it would be cool to write an advertisement for union membership, so here it is!

Your life is run by a dictator

I’m not talking about Biden, or Trump, or any other politician here in America.

I’m talking about the one person who controls more about your life than anybody else.

Your boss.

An unelected tyrant whose only job is to squeeze as much labor out of you as possible.

This person controls your wage, how many hours you work, your free time outside work, and whether or not you’ll be fired for whatever reason they deem necessary.

Most people live in fear of this person, and the all powerful grasp that they have.

You shouldn’t have to live under someone else’s boot.

Here in America, we believe in freedom. We believe in granting people the right to liberty, and if you can’t even decide how your place of work operates, or who is steering the corporation that dictates your whole life, can you say that you're truly free?

We believe that it’s time for the people of America to take back their lives, and data has proven the best way to do this.

Unionization.

The US department of treasury has shown that unionized workers make 20% more than workers who choose not to join a union, and that workers in these unions are less likely to search for a new job, and stay with the one they have.

Basically, unionized workers are happier and wealthier.

The reasoning behind this is simple.

Being part of a workers union allows you and your coworkers to come together and build a better workplace by taking the power away from your boss. This is done by…

-organizing strikes

-collectively bargaining for better wages and working conditions

-bringing forward lawsuits in instances of labor law violations

How's the boss supposed to make any money if their workers refuse to work?

At the end of the day, taking your life back from corporate America really is this simple.

Communicate with your coworkers, Fight back against your corporate overlord, Join a union.