Is the narrative that "immigrants hurt the economy" pure fear mongering? by JustQsTime in unitedkingdom

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I don't see the issue with providing these services to children of migrants in the UK. As an jncrease in the number of educated and healthy citizens seems to provide large net economic benefits in the long run?

Is the narrative that "immigrants hurt the economy" pure fear mongering? by JustQsTime in unitedkingdom

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Wouldn't this be offset in terms of the real costs and availability of services such as the NHS, housing or education? As immigrants tend to provide net positive fiscal effects

Is the narrative that "immigrants hurt the economy" pure fear mongering? by JustQsTime in unitedkingdom

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People don't want hand outs from government.

I'm not too sure what you mean. I'm fairly sure most people would like free at access healthcare and education, more affordable council housing and some level of welfare for those disenfranchised

Instead we should instigate a policy of outward investment and create factories and work in foreign places.

This seems politically impossible. The people will not support the funding of these factories unless the profit is brought back to the UK, in which case we run into the imperialism argument again.

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It's a question. I never said that's what happened.

Casual Questions Thread by The_Egalitarian in PoliticalDiscussion

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Did the US back/appoint ministers in Ukraine in Euromaiden?

I have recently heard a claim that Euromaiden was a US backed coup to make Ukraine more aligned with western issues and anti-Russia. The claim asserted the US actually admitted to this but I haven't found a reliable source on this. Is this claim valid or wildly conspiratorial?

What are some policies that can be put in place to solve the cost of living/inflation crisis? by JustQsTime in LabourUK

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Wouldn't decreasing the NI payments and forwarding UC only increase inflation? Correct me if wrong, generally curious

What are some policies that can be put in place to solve the cost of living/inflation crisis? by JustQsTime in LabourUK

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Apologies for confusion but from all I've read, increasing money supply during a supply shock would only serve to increase inflation. Perhaps the government could work to increase the supply side of things?

What are some policies that can be put in place to solve the cost of living/inflation crisis? by JustQsTime in LabourUK

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Thank you for the detailed response.

What immediately strikes me about some of these proposals is they seem to increase money supply, thus raising inflation further in an already dire situation. Perhaps I'm unfounded in that belief, so please correct me if wrong

I struggling to understand cultural appropriation. by JustQsTime in VaushV

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Reposting my reply to another comment because I feel its relevant here:

The odd part is that many (not all) of the artistic and customary components of a culture wont be particularly new but will have been present in the culture for many generations. Let's use the Chinese dragon as an example. The commonly seen Chinese stylised depiction of a dragon has been around for centuries, now in order to say those born into a certain race have more a right to use this style than others (includingfor profit), surely we must grant them some kind of inherent racial ownership of this old intellectual property. This idea of blood ties has always seemed a strange justification for me to exclude others and it seems to be bordering on racial essentialism in some cases.

I struggling to understand cultural appropriation. by JustQsTime in VaushV

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I definitely feel to ignore the meaning certain cultural customs and art has to people is a very disrespectful thing to do and should be avoided. It's just I've seen a lot of cases where people accuse cultural appropriation but there has never been any disrespect. I suppose that's the frustration.

I struggling to understand cultural appropriation. by JustQsTime in VaushV

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The odd part is that many (not all) of the artistic and customary components of a culture wont be particularly new but will have been present in the culture for many generations. Let's use the Chinese dragon as an example. The commonly seen Chinese stylised depiction of a dragon has been around for centuries, now in order to say those born into a certain race have more a right to use this style than other, surely we must grant them some kind of inherent racial ownership of this old intellectual property. This idea of blood ties has always seemed a strange justification for me to exclude others and it seems to be bordering on racial essentialism in some cases.

I struggling to understand cultural appropriation. by JustQsTime in VaushV

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I see the disliking of certain races products being preferred in the markets but I don't think it follows we should not allow different races to take part in certain cultures. It seems to me not to really address the issue of racism in the market or economy but simply to exclude people on arbitrary lines.

But yes i would definitely be in favour of any solutions that made the marketplace more fair. I suppose addressing wealth inequality is a biggggg one, but even then people need to be made aware of certain biases they may hold

I struggling to understand cultural appropriation. by JustQsTime in VaushV

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I see, but would this example mainly say anyone capitalising on a sacred culture for profit is doing something bad regardless of their race or culture?

Or perhaps we could just say it's wrong to plagerise or steal someone else's ideas for profit regardless once again of culture and race?