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Re: Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK

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Post by defrost »

extraisland wrote: post #84
defrost wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The west and the east are still gutting African resources to this day via a bunch of carrots and sticks that rarely include direct bombing by a Western country or China. Plenty of western mercenary groups supporting traditional land takeover by corporations, funding radical groups to destabilize effective governments forming or growing in strength is still ongoing.

Much of this is often hidden from the public. This argument that people should be somehow punished for actions of others that they are unaware of and have very little power over is insane IMO.

I doubt few are arguing that various Africans should be punished by losing their traditional farming land of many generations because of the iceberg lettuce consuming actions of others they are unaware of.

None the less it continues to happen.

Re: Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK

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Post by extraisland »

defrost wrote: post #91
extraisland wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Much of this is often hidden from the public. This argument that people should be somehow punished for actions of others that they are unaware of and have very little power over is insane IMO.

I doubt few are arguing that various Africans should be punished by losing their traditional farming land of many generations because of the iceberg lettuce consuming actions of others they are unaware of. None the less it continues to happen.

They are not talking about the Africans. They are talking about the British.

Immigration has had many negative effects on social cohesion in the UK. That is just an unfortunate fact. That is obvious if you have lived in poorer areas of some the cities in the UK.

When this subject is normally broached on TV channels such as the BBC. The argument often put forth is that we should accept large amounts of immigration because of the the British Empire and the wars in the Middle-East. It is often framed as if we should accept it as a form of punishment.

Re: Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK

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Post by churchill »

extraisland wrote: post #92
defrost wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I doubt few are arguing that various Africans should be punished by losing their traditional farming land of many generations because of the iceberg lettuce consuming actions of others they are unaware of. None the less it continues to happen.

They are not talking about the Africans. They are talking about the British. Immigration has had many negative effects on social cohesion in the UK. That is just an unfortunate fact. That is obvious if you have lived in poorer areas of some the cities in the UK. When this subject is normally broached on TV channels such as the BBC. The argument often put forth is that we should accept large amounts of immigration bec…

I hear some Brits & immigrants raise that argument and it's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Can you imagine seeing yourself as a punishment to be inflicted upon someone else?

Re: Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK

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Post by subsistence234 »

derelicta wrote: post #47
jamesalvarez wrote: post #10

This could actually be good but instead it just comes across as a coded xenophobic rant. Wasted opportunity!

I know right. Folks don't understand that people who come to our countries are also workers whose countries have been destroyed by OUR elites. A bit of solidarity would be healthy, useful and anchored in reality.

Whenever anyone on earth does something bad, it's basically Nick's fault. Nobody except Nick has agency or responsibility. They're all victims, except Nick.

Re: Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK

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Post by hn_throw2025 »

bogdan wrote: post #50
Husieandr wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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So the UK (pop 69M) has had net migration figures of 760K, 860K, and 430K over the last three years.

UK finances have wafer-thin fiscal headroom. A significant chunk of monthly borrowing is spent on interest payments.

There is no surplus for increased spending on public services. If demand keeps increasing and supply remains the same, people can feel their quality of life decreasing.

A rapidly increasing population has a greater need for GP appointments, hospital treatment, school places, housing, food, policing, roads, electricity, water, sewage, etc. You can think of it as a meta issue that affects many of our existing capacity problems.

So those who want to hand-wave away immigration as a right-wing dog whistle need to put a bit more thought into it.

Re: Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK

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Post by subsistence234 »

phatfish wrote: post #78

It's "viral" marketing for progress-party.uk, if you play to the end there is a link to a Google doc to register your interest. The veiled racism and bigotry in the "sim" is cheap. The current housing situation may be made worse by migration, but the majority of it is legal so hardly the migrants fault if we are inviting them. So blame the government (predominantly Conservative over the last 20 years) and all the NIM…

> hardly the migrants fault

Of course not, but it's the fault of whoever lobbied for and passed those laws.

> we are inviting them.

Who is this "we"? It's not the British people.

Re: Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK

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Post by archagon »

subsistence234 wrote: post #96
phatfish wrote: post #78

It's "viral" marketing for progress-party.uk, if you play to the end there is a link to a Google doc to register your interest. The veiled racism and bigotry in the "sim" is cheap. The current housing situation may be made worse by migration, but the majority of it is legal so hardly the migrants fault if we are inviting them. So blame the government (predominantly Conservative over the last 20 years) and all the NIM…

> hardly the migrants fault Of course not, but it's the fault of whoever lobbied for and passed those laws. > we are inviting them. Who is this "we"? It's not the British people.

> It's not the British people.

Maybe not you, but plenty of British people support immigration. Believe it or not.

Re: Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK

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Post by subsistence234 »

globular-toast wrote: post #18

Where is 100k for a house deposit coming from?! Don't most people start with a way smaller deposit? Like 5% is common these days. Yes you'll pay an enormous amount of interest. You pay rent to the owning class one way or another.

> Don't most people start with a way smaller deposit? Like 5% is common these days.

5% down is insane. predatory lending IMHO.

Re: Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK

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Post by defrost »

subsistence234 wrote: post #96
phatfish wrote: post #78

It's "viral" marketing for progress-party.uk, if you play to the end there is a link to a Google doc to register your interest. The veiled racism and bigotry in the "sim" is cheap. The current housing situation may be made worse by migration, but the majority of it is legal so hardly the migrants fault if we are inviting them. So blame the government (predominantly Conservative over the last 20 years) and all the NIM…

> hardly the migrants fault Of course not, but it's the fault of whoever lobbied for and passed those laws. > we are inviting them. Who is this "we"? It's not the British people.

The British people, of course, includes those British Nationals with English as a first language, who served in the British armed forces in World War Two.

The UK government, needing workers to help fill post-war labour shortages and rebuild the economy, invited many British people to come to the metropole.

Like all those dark skinned folk of the Windrush generation, and a good number of people who came across to the UK from India and Pakistan.

In more recent, pre-Brexit, years that invitation to fill a labour vacuum went out to fellow EU member states.

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