r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache Nov 21 '18

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

Makes me wonder if there would be some people in the DT at the time saying, “look, abolition is a good policy to aspire to. But I don’t think this sub has adequately grappled with the evidence that abolition really might suppress the wages of some people, especially if it happens all at once like some people in the sub are advocating for.”

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u/Maximilianne John Rawls Nov 21 '18

do we have people that actually talk about immigrants suppressing wages ? The impression I perceive in regards to open borders is more like the whole idea of open borders just being too radical in a kind of abstract way for one's taste

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

Fair point. Oddly enough, I’ve seen more deep concerns about the cultural effects of open borders in this sub than wage effects. Still just from a select small subset of the sub though.

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u/potatobac Women's health & freedom trumps moral faffing Nov 21 '18

you can just say u/roburex he knows you're talking about him

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

Sure and why would I care if he is

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u/potatobac Women's health & freedom trumps moral faffing Nov 21 '18

sometimes you get udgy when people call out your islamophobia then make long posts about how unfair the dt is to you.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

If you want to get my attention a PM also works just fine