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akarma | 5 years ago
As someone who grew up poor in America, these talks about “revolution” have always perplexed me.
We have one of the highest median incomes in the world, and we live in a country that pushes much of the world forward in terms of technological progress.
People have always flocked to America for opportunity, and if we cut welfare so we can expand immigration again, I guarantee there will be another giant influx.
This country allows people of virtually all income levels access to an abundance of food and pleasures through our capitalist system. Grocery stores with packed shelves aren’t something you should take for granted.
Revolution isn’t the path to become like Sweden. It’s the path to become like the USSR.
watwut|5 years ago
I am not saying who is right or that America is not superpower anymore. But the way it was getting dysfunctional is worrying.
3131s|5 years ago
> People have always flocked to America for opportunity, and if we cut welfare so we can expand immigration again, I guarantee there will be another giant influx.
And how are welfare and immigration related?
alehul|5 years ago
In the countries destroying the rich in revolution, grocery stores are empty.
> how are welfare and immigration related?
Welfare and immigration are related because increasing both are fundamentally incompatible.
If you substantially increase welfare, you must avoid mass immigration that collapses the system.
If you substantially increase immigration, you must avoid welfare that collapses the system.
The United States is rare, as a wealthy country, in generally choosing substantial immigration over substantial welfare.