• huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    it’s not a crisis, it’s an intentional policy to keep the price of “unskilled” labor (that the US needs) low by allowing the flow of labor but also making their situation extremely precarious.

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      11 months ago

      Good example of the interaction between base and superstructure. Unskilled labor is a myth and borders are imaginary lines enforced by state violence, but they both serve to dictate who can be employed where and how much competition they will have.

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        11 months ago

        also i dont know where and when but i remember seeing a video of agricultural landlords (i dont know what the fuck they’re called, farmer doesnt conjure the right image) begging congress to do something about exactly this problem already: they need workers from mexico to work their lands but the US govt makes it hard for them to recruit people. the video was from the early 20th century, like 1920 or something.

        and we’re still stuck in the exact same spot a century later

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          …agricultural landlords (i dont know what the fuck they’re called, farmer doesnt conjure the right image)…

          Kulaks

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        11 months ago

        Unskilled labor is a myth

        I would say that the USA keeps the general status quo because only a tiny percentage of people born in the USA are even capable of field work, while simultaneously they want to pay field workers as little as possible