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  • BabyTurtles [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    You know your population is cooked when you’d rather have a six day work week over healthy immigration and education policies.

    US government skulking in the corner furiously scribbling notes.

    • KhanCipher [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      2 days ago

      US government skulking in the corner furiously scribbling notes

      What are you talking about? This is already overwhelmingly the reality in manufacturing (I really should go into detail how turbo fucked working manufacturing in the US is one of these days), service, and there’s probably a couple other industries where this is the case.

      The only times I’ve ever seen someone work 5 days or less out here in the rural area I live in, is either they’re still living with their parents or have roommates, or they’re like one of the most reliable workers at their workplace and thus their boss wants to keep them around and let’s them have that.

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        2 days ago

        Manufacturing is 9.1% of the US workforce.

        I live and work in a densely populated urban area in the hospitality industry and apparently we’re not nearly as cooked as rural areas yet.

    • SuperZutsuki [they/them, any]@hexbear.net
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      3 days ago

      Does the EU impose any limitations on immigration policy? I know countries have their own timelines to citizenship but can the EU just flat-out prevent them from opening up their borders?