Comment on Why don't low birth-rate countries make immigration to their country easier?

people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  techically the US is like 99% immigrants

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  • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same for most other American countries

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• boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just look at the state of the USA with 28% immigrant population.

  Which STILL has the 6th highest GDP per capita (10th if you count tax-haven microstates and overseas territories).

  Centuries of mass immigration built the US economy. Y’all are acting like economics is all zero-sum and more people = everyone is poorer, but the amount of jobs doesn’t stay constant as the amount of people increases. The US always had an influx of immigrants to fuel the ever-growing economic machine.

  There’s plenty of reasons why a lot of people in the US can’t afford to live in cities, etc. None of it is because of immigration, it’s mostly corporate greed and stupid zoning laws.

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  • people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This still won’t apply to most low birth-rate countries like Korea and Japan, where the population densite and job scarcity is already too high.

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• I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The immigrants were not the problem to get the US to the shit state it is in.

  That is like saying there is an inverse correlation between the decline in sea-faring pirates and the rising global temperature. Duh.

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• ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Immigration reduces wages, increases prices, strains public services and causes overall decrease in Quality of Life.

  So, you’re telling me that immigration is super profitable? Because that’s a recipe for profits

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  • people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. It is profitable for big corporations. Is this news to you?

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