Worth a watch. Good interviews with locals.
Some towns have gotten 50% bigger in less than 2 years as new people moved in. Schools and infrastructure were not prepared.
Why is this happening? And - as seen in the comments on this thread - why are you a racist if you ask about it?
To be clear: immigration is important, and necessary, but I had not heard or seen the impact that this huge surge of people have had on many small towns until I saw this.
If your reaction to someone asking this simple question is anger: that’s a problem. Feel free to treat me like an idiot and back up your opinion with data. Otherwise, I don’t understand why we should be obligated to treat this massive influx of people better than our own citizens. No other country does it.
Why, what is the impact? You mentioned schools and infrastructure, perhaps those should be funded better? Was that it?
We should increase funding into things like schools and infrastructure, especially when communities are growing. I believe those have high ROI for those communities and the country as a whole.
This also you?
I have not been occupying right spaces online. Don’t have the time / energy. And I don’t really put in the effort to try to change anyone’s mind Online because people are change resistant online.
But
I do argue politely IRL for things that would help. Better infrastructure, trains, good jobs, love everyone, let people do what they want as long as it doesn’t hurt others, transparency in money and government, and make good things in America. Still unlikely to change minds but at least making friendships with people different from me.
I guess my overall thesis would be: online discourse is has proven unproductive. I’m tired of reading vitriol and “other side is so dumb wow.”
Disappointed to see the echoiness of the echo chamber on Lemmy
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Yes! Fail to see what digging through my posts have to with anything? You also didn’t make a point
This post is the opposite of all the things in bold that you said with such compassion for others.
Not at all! You can give love and compassion and still ask why tens of thousands of new people are flooding into towns in a short time. Not mutually exclusive at all.
New people you would like others to know need love and compassion like your grandparents or great grandparents needed when they were “new”?
Can you rephrase this? I’m not sure what you are asking
I’m sorry, who said you aren’t allowed to talk about it? I know a few Haitians who moved to the US and they are great people.
Clearly you didn’t watch the video. No one said anyone was a bad person. But a lot of people are wondering why certain towns have grown by 50% in 2 years
Great way to hide the bigotry. “It’s about town growth guys, not hate, I promise.”
The accusations of racism and bigotry are unfounded. If you watch the video, all the locals are not racist at all. If you read my post, I challenge you to find anything racist or bigoted.
Many people are asking what’s happening with the population change in their towns, and why. And getting no answers. Just, “you’re racist for asking.” Suspicious and argued in bad faith.
Why aren’t we allowed to talk about? Said while talking about it… and fucking interviews too? You’re right that’s silencing 🤡
I hadn’t heard about any of this until now. And I mean, check the comments of anyone who talks about it. “You’re racist if you ask why this is happening”
False premise
What do you mean?
We are allowed to talk about it.
“you are allowed to talk about it, but we won’t give you a straight answer. You’re a racist for asking what’s going on.”
New jobs are created in town, intentionally, which are filled by immigrants because they are mobile and seeking employment. End of story.
The questions you are asking probably have underlying racist assumptions like “who put them there” or “why are we allowing them to take over our towns”
Thank you for your answer! My understanding is: these jobs are not offered equally to US citizens. And they do not pay a fair wage.
If someone assumes a question is racist, the responsibility is on them to clarify if that is indeed the case.
I dont have info on the quality of these jobs but I doubt that they are paying slave wages. One of the big employers in springfield is a Honda vehicle assembly plant for example.
They really really like cats.
Medium rare.
