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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Canadian here. Our immigration levels are rising faster than our ability to build infrastructure. Our hospitals and schools are overcrowded. Also a large percentage of our immigrants come from a couple countries it is not very diverse.

I still lean far left, but this has pushed a lot of people right.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Yea, but who builds infrastructure? Where I live, 50% of the workforce in construction is immigrants.

    PS: I'm not saying what you say isn't true, it's just weird to see countries that were built by wave after wave of immigrants now say it's not working anymore. What changed from then to now?

    PS2: https://www.vox.com/politics/351535/3-theories-for-americas-anti-immigrant-shift probably it's inequality making the majority of people feel like if they don't have enough for themselves, how can new people move in?

    also: I was wrong, there's always been some pushback against the wrong kind of immigrants e.g.:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/immigration-history-race-quota-progress/

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_immigration_to_the_United_States

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/12/opinion/columbus-day-italian-american-racism.html

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Italianism

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_sentiment

    Fell down a rabbit hole, sorry for the linkdump, this stuff really puts into perspective the stuff happening in american politics today.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It is not being built though that is the problem.

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