The question remains - why does the left support immigration policies to fragment and weaken the proletariat, and why does the right demand immigration controls to strengthen it ? It amazes me the number of free-market ideologues and neo-liberals who simultaneously rant that immigrants are making the economy…
The question remains - why does the left support immigration policies to fragment and weaken the proletariat, and why does the right demand immigration controls to strengthen it ? It amazes me the number of free-market ideologues and neo-liberals who simultaneously rant that immigrants are making the economy more competitive by driving down the cost of labour. In a real free market immigration controls (which are largely a 20th century innovation) would be abolished. Which is why NAFTA is a sham, as it does not allow the free movement of labour (By contrast, the EU is a real free trade area, inasmuch as it allows unfettered movement of both capital and labour)
Mr Biden, tear down this wall!
The question remains - why does the left support immigration policies to fragment and weaken the proletariat, and why does the right demand immigration controls to strengthen it ? It amazes me the number of free-market ideologues and neo-liberals who simultaneously rant that immigrants are making the economy more competitive by driving down the cost of labour. In a real free market immigration controls (which are largely a 20th century innovation) would be abolished. Which is why NAFTA is a sham, as it does not allow the free movement of labour (By contrast, the EU is a real free trade area, inasmuch as it allows unfettered movement of both capital and labour)