Mass migration is bad
I don’t want to shit on immigrants themselves. My parents were immigrants and most immigrants I have met were decent, hard working people.
But immigration in of itself isn’t an inherently good thing. Mass migration is fundamentally driven by global inequality, climate change, and conflicts. Sure some of the people from these affected countries are lucky enough to escape to safer and wealthier countries. But for every few that immigrate, there are millions who don’t have that opportunity and are stuck in their struggling nations.
Not only does is mass migration caused by these factors, it also feeds into the systems that bring about these conditions. Immigrant labor is routinely exploited in wealthy nations, leveraging the migrant’s lower status as a non-citizen to force them to work for less. Furthermore by siphoning off labor and in particular skilled labor from developing countries, mass migration ensures that wealthy countries will remain wealthy and poor countries will remain poor.
Lastly, mass migration is neither ideal for the migrant or the host country. For the host country, you have a rapid change in demographics, which can disrupt social cohesion and breed resentment.
For the migrant, there is a significant amount of stress and trauma that comes from leaving one’s home and moving to a new land. I hardly have any family in the USA and I think immigrating was a significant factor in my mom developing schizophrenia. She didn’t have any friends or family nearby except for me and my father, who she tbh doesn’t have the best relationship with.
Ultimately there is nothing wrong with immigrants themselves, they’re normal people just like everyone else. But mass migration isn’t good and rather than glorifying immigration, I wish America and other western countries would work to ensure people didn’t have to immigrate in the first place.
I don’t want to shit on immigrants themselves. My parents were immigrants and most immigrants I have met were decent, hard working people.
But immigration in of itself isn’t an inherently good thing. Mass migration is fundamentally driven by global inequality, climate change, and conflicts. Sure some of the people from these affected countries are lucky enough to escape to safer and wealthier countries. But for every few that immigrate, there are millions who don’t have that opportunity and are stuck in their struggling nations.
Not only does is mass migration caused by these factors, it also feeds into the systems that bring about these conditions. Immigrant labor is routinely exploited in wealthy nations, leveraging the migrant’s lower status as a non-citizen to force them to work for less. Furthermore by siphoning off labor and in particular skilled labor from developing countries, mass migration ensures that wealthy countries will remain wealthy and poor countries will remain poor.
Lastly, mass migration is neither ideal for the migrant or the host country. For the host country, you have a rapid change in demographics, which can disrupt social cohesion and breed resentment.
For the migrant, there is a significant amount of stress and trauma that comes from leaving one’s home and moving to a new land. I hardly have any family in the USA and I think immigrating was a significant factor in my mom developing schizophrenia. She didn’t have any friends or family nearby except for me and my father, who she tbh doesn’t have the best relationship with.
Ultimately there is nothing wrong with immigrants themselves, they’re normal people just like everyone else. But mass migration isn’t good and rather than glorifying immigration, I wish America and other western countries would work to ensure people didn’t have to immigrate in the first place.
