• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 hours ago

    Someone does still need to plant the food, harvest the food, pump the oil, cast the iron, smelt the aluminum, keep track of the shipping, etc.

    and herein lies the paradoxy. how is that compatible with there being an unemployment crisis at the same time?

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      38 minutes ago

      Because illegal immigrants were willing to work under conditions and for pay that American citizens would never put up with.