Comment by 123yawaworht456
1 year ago
>Just not the kind of people that those in power want.
farm owners don't give a fuck what color the cattle is.
>You bring in families from around the world
and if/when they integrate into the host society, their children will have as few children as the natives
>give them amazing opportunities, then hire them to take care of the elderly
yeah, sure. changing adult diapers. such an amazing opportunity
>This is why immigration is so important to the economy of a developed nation.
exploiting the resources of the undeveloped nations is bread and butter of the developed nations, yeah.
"yeah, sure. changing adult diapers. such an amazing opportunity"
Nursing and elder care is a field that anyone can respect. Why do you spit on their contribution to society?
I don't spit at the people who do those jobs, I spit at the people who think those jobs are 'amazing opportunities'.
Caregiving is an amazing opportunity. It is life-changing for the person receiving the care. It is fulfilling and soul-affirming for the person delivering the care.
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For the people in countries that still have a high birth rate, they usually are amazing opportunities. Wealthy countries are a lot richer than poor ones, and people will take jobs we scorn.
Unfortunately, we also scorn the people who would want to do them. We set very low immigration limits, and we pay the people who do those jobs (even native ones) very poorly.
So these jobs are simultaneously "amazing opportunities" and "abusive".
if it's so respectable why aren't you doing it?
"kids these days don't want to work!" -- then why aren't you showing them how?
I literally can't afford to do that.
I know that I reply to a post written by someone who refuses to capitalize at my own risk, but
> yeah, sure. changing adult diapers. such an amazing opportunity
You seem to have inadvertently discounted the experiences of people like my dad’s African-born eye doc, who came to this county for the opportunity of medical training which he now uses to make injections into my elderly dad’s eyes every few months.
(Either that or you’re an idiot).
Actually, I read some of your other posts and I think I figured it out.
I think the difference between what you're complaining about the person saying, and what the person is actually saying could be solved by workers getting paid like $5/hour more (AKA a living wage).
The person didn't say anything that contradicts what they're saying other than that you're unhappy with the status quo that is offered to migrant workers. And you're absolutely right. But a more constructive dialogue would be "let's improve the conditions for those people."