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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 99 points 6 months ago

Immigration absolutely helps the US economy, because it parasitically siphons all the skilled workers out of other countries that it underdevelops and hoards their labor for itself.

People think remittances help underdeveloped countries, but labor is the superior of capital, losing that skilled labor is never worth the paltry sums that get sent back home. It's just another shape that imperialism takes.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 34 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In Canada we heavily base immigration on education. So we're siphoning off the best educated of other countries. I mean this is just fucking those countries.

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I get what you two are saying, but this kind of removes agency from the people doing the moving.

Also: Should people not be allowed to move to another country if they’re “too useful” or “skilled”?

[-] Monstera@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago

Hi, one of the people that did the move: they are absolutely right. I got through uni and masters for free at federal universities, my education is amazing. My country gets nothing back because there is no industry there that'd take me and university positions are limited.

I made the bese choice for myself and am aware of how bad my choice is for home

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

But I agree with you? I’m not sure what we disagree on?

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