NYT comment on Where Does All That Hate We Feel Come From?
Response to: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/opinion/rich-poor-immigration-fear.html
Note* Comment was shortened due to character limit on NYT site.
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This essay continues a disingenuous discussion propagated within liberal circles on pop. growth & immigration. (Conservative views are also disingenuous)
We do face a massive overpopulation problem. Earth can only sustain 8B pop. via fossil fuels, & our growth is leading to biodiversity loss, deforestation etc. Our deadly climate crisis must be addressed asap, which means changes to our high emission lifestyles & simultaneously stopping pop. growth. That means halting immigration as immigration is our only source of pop. growth.
Economic arguments that immigration/pop. growth must continue are a ponzi: can’t continue forever & benefits large land owners/the wealthy the most. Also Low wages have stagnated due to immigration & businesses exploit immigrants as there are always more immigrants to take their place.
Arguments that concerns of changing demographics are racist/xenophobic are false. It posits that culture is irrelevant & that ppl themselves cannot democratically decide the make up of their culture & community. Pretending there is 1 true world culture, whose values are dictated by an elite (in this case academic), is a supremacist world view.
We must move to a post-consumer life in the west, where culture/community are increasingly important. & people must decide democratically how they wish their society & culture to look, not an elite. Fear mongering about truthful discussions on immigration & pop. growth will only lead to more division, hatred & our downfall.
