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Immigration is a small part of the problem. Globalizaion and automation are also significant contributors. Labor is practically worthless. Machines and programs do most of the work these days.
I'm not saying we should ignore it. But hyperfocusing on it won't do anyone good. And the real solutions to this problem also happen to not coincide well with immigration either. But we still need those solutions.
Wages are stagnant because technology is replacing people such that even if you're not pulling in foreign workers hiring overseas workers or hiring people that have in turn had their jobs automated is driving down wages. Fixing immigration (which is still something we should do, but let's not put all of the blame on it) is just one step among many we need to restore a stronger economy. The benefits of offshoring and automation need to be shared or we will have a permanent underclass of unemployable people that cannot participate in the economy so they will engage in crime and turn the country into a shithole.
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[–] Mylon 9 points -6 points 3 points (+3|-9) ago
Immigration is a small part of the problem. Globalizaion and automation are also significant contributors. Labor is practically worthless. Machines and programs do most of the work these days.
[–] voatusernamevoat 1 point 9 points 10 points (+10|-1) ago
The opposite of what you've written is true.
[–] Mylon 5 points -4 points 1 point (+1|-5) ago
I'm not saying we should ignore it. But hyperfocusing on it won't do anyone good. And the real solutions to this problem also happen to not coincide well with immigration either. But we still need those solutions.
[–] thatguyiam [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Not to dismiss your automation comment, bit as far as I can tell it's not bots replacing bots. Not yet
[–] [deleted] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
[–] Mylon ago
Wages are stagnant because technology is replacing people such that even if you're not pulling in foreign workers hiring overseas workers or hiring people that have in turn had their jobs automated is driving down wages. Fixing immigration (which is still something we should do, but let's not put all of the blame on it) is just one step among many we need to restore a stronger economy. The benefits of offshoring and automation need to be shared or we will have a permanent underclass of unemployable people that cannot participate in the economy so they will engage in crime and turn the country into a shithole.