Immigration fears are pushing centrists to the right in the US and Europe
Immigration fears are pushing centrists to the right in the US and Europe
Is this racism, or are there genuine concerns (they took er jerbs?)
Canadian here. Our immigration levels are rising faster than our ability to build infrastructure. Our hospitals and schools are overcrowded. Also a large percentage of our immigrants come from a couple countries it is not very diverse.
I still lean far left, but this has pushed a lot of people right.
Yea, but who builds infrastructure? Where I live, 50% of the workforce in construction is immigrants.
PS: I'm not saying what you say isn't true, it's just weird to see countries that were built by wave after wave of immigrants now say it's not working anymore. What changed from then to now?
PS2: https://www.vox.com/politics/351535/3-theories-for-americas-anti-immigrant-shift probably it's inequality making the majority of people feel like if they don't have enough for themselves, how can new people move in?
also: I was wrong, there's always been some pushback against the wrong kind of immigrants e.g.:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/immigration-history-race-quota-progress/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_immigration_to_the_United_States
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/12/opinion/columbus-day-italian-american-racism.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Italianism
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_sentiment
Fell down a rabbit hole, sorry for the linkdump, this stuff really puts into perspective the stuff happening in american politics today.
so they vote for right wing parties who oppose infrastructure and healthcare? makes sense
Human overpopulation should be a huge concern.
Instead of training locals they hire foreigners. Instead of raising wages due to market forces they hire foreigners. Instead of letting house prices go down they get foreigners.
All the things that the average working class person cares about. Cheap housing, jobs, job training. Is pushed further and further away from them and instead what benefits the landowners and business owners is given to them.
The best bit is the left who used to push for work for locals has been taken on the ride and basically say if anyone is against immigration in anyway is racist and will not discuss it under any circumstance. The only people that listen to the working class is the far right. It's literally the only answer that's why people are going to them.
On top of that most people are not against immigration as such. No one minds people who have values of the country, who are educated and hard working.
But what do the stats say, literal government stats, that the people that come in are less educated than the locals, they take more from the country and they commit more crime. At least some of them, or from some countries. These are the people that the locals want to stop. But the left says its racist to even talk about this and will do nothing about it, for the right they benefit due to being land or business owners. So who is remaining? The far right.
they take more from the country and they commit more crime.
Source? My understanding is that immigrants commit less crime per capita because they don't want the law enforcement exposure that could result in deportation.
Do you really think wages would go up if foreign workers weren't hired? Why would they? What reason would companies have? If everyone pays shit, employees don't really have the choice of finding a better job regardless of who is being hired.
It seems to me that if you're worried about people not getting paid enough, then you should be fighting for higher wages, not less immigration.
But immigrants sure are a convenient scapegoat for those corporations, aren't they?
Crime spikes and cultural incompatibilities
Racism, then
Well, the people with migration backgrounds are overrepresented in crime stats, and crime is getting more violent. People just tend to ignore that the main driver for crime is lack of economic opportunity. These same people are also overrepresented in the low income bracket. Easy pret for criminals.. hey wanna make 500? Just climb over that fence and get me a package from that shipping container.
- There are traumatized war refugees that cannot function normal on a good day, they get no guidance and nothing to do.. and people wonder why they flip out and do crazy shit.
- There are young (adults), that get to sit in asylum centers and get to do nothing.. months on end. And people wonder why they go out and do stupid shit.
- And then you have migrants that actually come to these countries to profiteer, knowing they will get kicked out so they enjoy it while it lasts.
There is plenty to be worried about with migrants of varying generations. But most of it is not solved by repression. But also not by bussing in more while wagging your finger at people worried about the crime in their neighborhood while telling them they are racist for noticing it is always dark skinned people that break in or deal drugs in their street.
My main issue with the right is usually their anti immigrant shit does not work, and actually solving the issues meana they lose their main recruitment tool. So they implement a lot of other bad laws while ignoring the issues that get them elected.
The flip side of that coin is if there are not enough opportunities for the current population adding more people is not a good idea.
Centrists move to the right no matter what happens.
That's kind of a weird take. Centrists have not always done that (otherwise society would get steadily more conservative century after century) so you can't just wave it away as meaningless. Instead I think liberals need to look at what is driving away centrists. (it's immigration)
It's not that weird given that account is one of the idiotic "bOtH siDeS" posters.
Then why are there still centrists? Checkmake evolutionists!
Maybe that dismissive Attitude is the reason? Because you don't take our worries and opinions serious?
Because you attack us the moment we don't hold the exact same opinion as you?
No, I'm sure that's not the reason!
Get used to this being used as a weapon of hybrid warfare by enemies of the west
*Black people fears are pushing racists to the right