• jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    I’ve noticed that every wealthy nation has at least one group of immigrants that it uses as a scapegoat. For me, travelling to other countries opened my eyes to how this is basically a universal phenomenon.

    Unfortunately, most of the people dumb enough to fall for the lie that immigrants are the cause of their problems are also the people that never experience travel outside their own country.

    • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      This is true, it’s like this everywhere.

      Portugal for instance uses Brazilians as cheap labor imported over, because they speak their language (different dialect, which is also discriminated against) and they want to get out of brazil for a better life.

    • Jiggle_Physics@quokk.au
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      10 hours ago

      the one they are using now is also not the one they were using previously. I have read a lot of old newspapers talking about the horrible immigration crisis taking all the jobs, driving down the value of labor, as the Germans move into the UK and The US