Progressives Say GOP's H-1B Visa Feud Distracts From Real Problem: 'Billionaire Robber Barons'
Progressives Say GOP's H-1B Visa Feud Distracts From Real Problem: 'Billionaire Robber Barons'
Progressive commentators slam billionaire CEOs and far-right Trump allies for distracting from the real threat to workers: exploitation by the wealthy. It's time to fight back for fair treatment of all workers. #WorkersRights
In Australia we just made wage theft a criminal offence:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-30/wage-theft-crime-jail-intentional-fair-work/104758608
It's absolutely fucking flabbergasting that that hasn't always been the case, everywhere. I mean, WTF: the word "theft" is right there in the damn name!
ahh..
I see your society still believes in the rule of law.
I'll believe it when I see a CEO extradited to Aus for it.
Cool, but I doubt anyone will actually see jail time. Maybe a fall guy, at best.
Oh, but that's but a ten year long accident, nothing deliberate /s
Err, H1B visas are part of that system of exploitation. Maybe we should let them fued over it some more.
This is key. The right vs left, culture wars, even, I suspect, focus on proxy wars -- all of it is meant to distract the people from the fact they have been bought and sold by the rich.
Rich vs everyone else is the conflict to focus. Everything else is distraction. And, what do you know? We The People have a lot in common if we start talking about wealth disparity.
Reframing is important
Yes, the issue is billionaire robber barons, AND the issue is that they are importing cheap labor to replace Americans, AND the cheap labor is suppressing wages for Americans. It's even worse than the TFW program in Canada as it applies to skilled labor that is available in the US, but more expensive.
But the cheap labour is only cheap because the robber barrons allow it to be.
Yep, they are also being abused with the added "bonus" of helping pit workers against workers instead of all workers against the super-rich.
Uh... How is it a distraction? It's the same problem
No, but you see, this issue has the far right fighting amongst themselves. We must ignore this part of the issue and focus on the big picture where the far right are united. That would be better for some reason...
Pretty much yeah, the uber wealthy constantly distract from the fact that they’re not paying their fair share to society for all the benefits they get from its structure and organization
I know a solution for billionaire robber barons.
always has been
Soon to be trillionare