RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.world · 8 days ago1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data showsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1355arrow-down1external-link1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data showsapnews.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareWanderWisley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up69arrow-down1·7 days ago1.2 million real Americans can now get to work picking vegetables, fruits, food services, landscaping. 🫡
minus-squareErnstrommel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·7 days agoDoes that really bother you? I’d take the job, but I have 5 million Indians doing that already in Canada.
minus-squarehume_lemmy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·7 days ago“Noooo! Trump was supposed to bring factories back to the US so I could own one, not work in one!” - Trump voter
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·7 days agoTo be fair, being economically dependent on artificially depressed wages enabled by exploiting the desperation of immigrants was always a house of cards. Now we’ll see how much Joe Strawberry needs to get out in the fields.
minus-squarewarbond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 days agoBut exploitation has worked flawlessly for hundreds of years! I can’t think of a single powerful group that doesn’t swear by it!
minus-squareNo1@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 days ago“Now we got rid of the immigrants, we can have our slaves back!”
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 days agoToo late, farms have closed.
1.2 million real Americans can now get to work picking vegetables, fruits, food services, landscaping. 🫡
Does that really bother you? I’d take the job, but I have 5 million Indians doing that already in Canada.
“Noooo! Trump was supposed to bring factories back to the US so I could own one, not work in one!” - Trump voter
To be fair, being economically dependent on artificially depressed wages enabled by exploiting the desperation of immigrants was always a house of cards.
Now we’ll see how much Joe Strawberry needs to get out in the fields.
But exploitation has worked flawlessly for hundreds of years! I can’t think of a single powerful group that doesn’t swear by it!
“Now we got rid of the immigrants, we can have our slaves back!”
Too late, farms have closed.