• Raebxeh@hexbear.netEnglish
    29·
    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.

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      23·
      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

      • CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        20·
        11 months ago

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

        Kulaks

    • Nationalgoatism [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      13·
      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