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I keep hearing that there are concerns about immigration. I've heard concerns about immigration used as a justification for some really toxic and even violent language and behaviour over the years, but the last few weeks have seen a kind of paroxysm of pent-up rage in the UK that has got even the left-lib bubble of Urban75 arguing about immigration. Here's a thread for that, if it's needed.
I'll start; immigration is bad because it's used by wealth owners to undercut potential wage / conditions demands by their native workforce. This is more or less where my sympathy with anti-immigrantism ends - and even within this idea, it's still not the immigrants' fault. Attacking them and making them feel less welcome, is misguided and unnecessary and cruel. Full stop.
So what other concerns can we come up with? I've heard about white replacement, cultural cohesion, pride in traditions, defending the realm, exploitation of our social systems (NHS etc), "we're full", the unavailability of social housing, dentists and GPs, the state of our schools, hospitals, town centres, rates of joblessness and social disengagement - all this and more has been raised under the banner of The Problem With Immigration Is...
So where are we? What (if any) concerns about immigration could justify street violence such as we've been seeing recently? And what, if anything, should be done (by the state or by us as individuals and communities) to address these concerns?
I'll start; immigration is bad because it's used by wealth owners to undercut potential wage / conditions demands by their native workforce. This is more or less where my sympathy with anti-immigrantism ends - and even within this idea, it's still not the immigrants' fault. Attacking them and making them feel less welcome, is misguided and unnecessary and cruel. Full stop.
So what other concerns can we come up with? I've heard about white replacement, cultural cohesion, pride in traditions, defending the realm, exploitation of our social systems (NHS etc), "we're full", the unavailability of social housing, dentists and GPs, the state of our schools, hospitals, town centres, rates of joblessness and social disengagement - all this and more has been raised under the banner of The Problem With Immigration Is...
So where are we? What (if any) concerns about immigration could justify street violence such as we've been seeing recently? And what, if anything, should be done (by the state or by us as individuals and communities) to address these concerns?