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Originally posted by Nanda
NOt to defend or anything but it's a HUGE country......how many illegal immigrants live in the U.S.? How many illegal immigrants are on welfare? MANY...
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Yes, but if they're illegal, that means they don't pay taxes, nor elegible to vote and thusly aren't on the census. Aside from allegedly being a capital drain on social services (which they more than amply make up for as cheap, benefits-free labour) they're total nonentities from a statistical basis.
All those poor people tallied in this study are 'legit' poor.
I get a shiver when I hear people complain about 'immigrants taking jobs'. It reminds me of back in the 20s, when the *exact* same things were said about chinese, mexican and black workers, for basically the same reason: White people felt entitled to the jobs, so they vilify the 'immigrant' who have them with the expectation that the jobs will end up going to 'who they belong'.
But you can't just point at some chinese guy and say "He's inferior, therefore I should have his job". No, you need to have moral high ground.
Well, back in the day chinese labourers working in the factories would puff a little opium before going to work. Chasing the dragon helped alleviate the mind-numbing tedium of factory assembly... aha. Leverage, and a clear physical thing to point to as an indication of inferiority.
Soon enough opium was illegal, and other drugs followed: Marijuana to smack down the mexicans, MJ + cocaine for blacks (particularly jazz muscians, which were considered deeply deeply 'amoral' by any right-thinking patriot).
What's the point of this? Well, the conditions are ripe for a revisitation of the temperance society, and the wilfull vilification of minorities in a cynical attempt to 'reclaim' jobs for whitey. Any student of history will know that the jobs didn't help for shit during the depression, and the resulting prohibition provided the most fertile ground for organized crime to bloom and prosper.
History may not repeat itself, but it DOES rhyme. It'll be interesting to see what subcultures will be vilified this time around... I'm thinking be mexicans once again, followed closely by anyone in a turban... and this time it won't be alcohol cracked down on. Which vices will they decide to rigorously supress this time, I wonder.
