Those who scream the most about "racism" are actually the biggest racists.

And I don't even have in mind the clear prejudice they have against "white" people. They despise "blacks" as well.

I won't mention any revealing details, but I had a rather interesting discussion with someone over that story about Haitians in Springfield eating the cats and dogs (allegedly). I was told by this person that there are currently 20,000 of them in that city because they were people who "wanted to escape poverty", and so came to the USA after they were invited to (by none other than Donald Trump, apparently).
Anyway, I pointed out to him that those migrants could easily have just moved across the border to the Dominican Republic if that was the case, but he replied with something along the lines of, "If you had to choose between a rich country like Switzerland, or a poor one like Somalia, which would you go for?"

Well...
He clearly didn't know that the Dominican Republic, in spite of the fact that it's in the Caribbean and is predominantly "black", is doing really well right now. It's prosperous, even by global standards, and especially by the standards of the other nations within that region (like socialist Venezuela).

So he was basically implying that the Dominican Republic just had to be poor, because it was A) in the Caribbean, and B) largely black. Why else would he have compared it to Somalia, a nation that really is dirt poor? Somalia is in Africa, and they have their own special problems to deal with (like rampant corruption and war), but the Caribbean isn't like that. It's a stereotype, held by Western, university "educated" white Californians, that the region is hopeless and needs our "help".

That's a rather patronising attitude to have, don't you think? 🤨

https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/dominicanrepublic/overview

The economy grew by 2.5 percent in 2003, and growth of 5.1 percent is expected for 2024, driven by the delayed effects of monetary policy easing and an increase in public investment.

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Roundandroundwego · 61-69

And where is the left on this? The entitlements that make equality possible are missing in our society. Where are the socialists?

BohemianBabe · M

@Roundandroundwego Are you serious? The Left is always arguing for single payer healthcare, UBI, and a higher minimum wage. The Socialists are right here.

Bel6EQUJ5

@BohemianBabe Socialists are never right, about anything. A higher minimum wage you want? Well, then expect everything to become much more expensive, as the employers pass on the cost of having higher-paid employees on to their customers.
And UBI? Look at what happened during the commie-virus scamdemic. People in my country were paid to sit at home, and then when the scare was over (because the Ukraine War was the latest thing to get people all hot and bothered over) most of them didn't want to return to work. They'd become accustomed to being at home. Who would actually work if we had any kind of UBI? The obvious answer is no one.

BohemianBabe · M

@Bel6EQUJ5

A higher minimum wage you want? Well, then expect everything to become much more expensive, as the employers pass on the cost of having higher-paid employees on to their customers.

We already have price control.

People in my country were paid to sit at home, and then when the scare was over (because the Ukraine War was the latest thing to get people all hot and bothered over) most of them didn't want to return to work

Good, that means corporations had to pay them more.

We actually have a good amount of data on UBI now. The only groups of people who stop working when they get UBI are college students and pregnant women.
Which makes sense, since UBI is usually like $1000 a month, which isn't nearly enough to live on. It's just enough to make life much easier.

Bel6EQUJ5

@BohemianBabe

We already have price control.

No we don't. Not where I live anyway.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@BohemianBabe they don't seem to be in the Democratic party. There's no plan for our future being discussed.

BohemianBabe · M

@Bel6EQUJ5 I mean in America. Harris wants to expand this to stop corporations from price gouging.

Bel6EQUJ5

@BohemianBabe I don't care about "America", I live in Australia, and a UBI would be disastrous.

BohemianBabe · M

@Bel6EQUJ5 UBI and a ban on price-gouging would be good for Australia too. Y'all should elect Socialists.

DallasCowboysFan · 61-69, M

@Bel6EQUJ5 A higher minimum wage also means that companies find ways to do more with less. That is why McD has introduced kiosks in their stores to take orders electronically and they have robots to make hamburgers.

HoeBag · 46-50, F

@DallasCowboysFan One can do only so much with so little.
If companies keep heading in the direction they are now, eventually people won't be able to afford their stuff anyways and there won't be a point in them staying in business.

Every time you turn around, another company is filing chapter 11 or closing yet more stores.

I mean low prices have their own price.

BohemianBabe · M

@DallasCowboysFan

A higher minimum wage also means that companies find ways to do more with less. That is why McD has introduced kiosks in their stores to take orders electronically and they have robots to make hamburgers.

This is a huge misconception. Corporations do anything to save money regardless of how much they have to pay in wages or healthcare. If there was no minimum wage, McD would still have those machines because it would still save them money. Same goes for outsourcing. How come even after Trump massively deregulating everything he could for corporations, outsourcing still increased? It's because corporations will take any opportunity to save money, no matter how much the government lets them get away with.

DallasCowboysFan · 61-69, M

@BohemianBabe True, they are always seeking improvements and efficiencies. But raising the minimum wage motivates them to introduce automation at a faster rate and the higher wages paid to employees raises the equilibrium to invest in new technology that would not be profitable if it was paying employees a lower wage.

BohemianBabe · M

@DallasCowboysFan There's no evidence of that. If that were true, then areas with higher minimum wages would be more likely to have automation. Instead, what we see is that corporations use automation the second they're able to, regardless of wage laws. Maybe outsourcing would have continued under Trump, but it wouldn't have increased so drastically.

DallasCowboysFan · 61-69, M

@BohemianBabe Today's economy is not local, it's international. But the U.S. and the EU have some the highest wages and benefits in the world. They have to save money were they can because the major corporations are competing against China, and other developing nations that provide workers working at 1/10 - 1/4 of the money in the U.S. And the environmental restrictions are much higher here, whereas they may be nonexistent in other nations. If companies do not upgrade to stay competitive, they won't stay in business.