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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social

I reject the premise, but: if the US needed more laborers, all it would have to do is stop deporting them. Growing them from conception is a very inefficient way to get laborers, unless the problem is that you only want white ones

apr 13, 2025, 4:24 pm • 4 0

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Paddy @nonirishpaddy.bsky.social

And it's not just labourors. Young people are the driving force of innovation, culture and artistic expression. They are a source of new ideas, new ways of thinking. They will also be responsible for preserving history, traditions and skills. It's not merely transactional

apr 13, 2025, 4:39 pm • 0 0 • view
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Paddy @nonirishpaddy.bsky.social

The thing is importing labour is only a quick fix bandaid to some deep structural issues. They will want to go home eventually or stay and syncronise with local birthrates in a generation or 2. It's just kicking the can down the road. Quick fix solutions never fix long term problems.

apr 13, 2025, 4:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social

gonna go ahead and just give you this link to my very long take on this whole thing www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

apr 13, 2025, 4:40 pm • 3 0 • view
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Paddy @nonirishpaddy.bsky.social

I may need some time to read, digest and consider the points. My reply will take some time

apr 13, 2025, 4:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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lexiitea.bsky.social @lexiitea.bsky.social

That's just not true. Look at turn of the century US 1900s. Everything you are saying is directly countered. Immigration policy brought in hundreds of thousands (who were poor I might add) and it led to the baby boom several generations later.

apr 13, 2025, 4:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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Paddy @nonirishpaddy.bsky.social

The local birthrates were much higher in the early 1900s. While immigration has been hugely helpful and beneficial it was a factor of success rather than the main reason.

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