Prof Eman;47365 wrote:So why aggravate the employment situation with Brexit?
I think Brexit's about ensuring we still have a society we recognise once the dust's settled.
Europe's approach to migration is radically altering the continent – and I think many are concerned it's driven by globalist ideology that has little concern for social repercussions .. Zizek described Macron's victory as: the light at the end of the tunnel being an oncoming train – it was that brand of politics, along with the migrant crisis, that created the likes of Le Pen.
It's interesting how much more carefully Asian countries handle migration .. Japan has much bigger problems with its ageing population, but still sees birthrates as the problem, and migration as a double-edged sword, while China are laughing at the problems Europe's creating for itself ('Baizuo' (white left) is a regularly used insult on Chinese forums).
There's also a class issue that gets obscured in the statistics.
I never understood anti-Polish and E.European sentiment .. These are people who share our values (perhaps uphold them better than most of us do), learn the language, work hard .. I never understood how anyone saw them as a problem, until I walked past a job centre advertising jobs in Polish .. This is families, generations and estates being left on the scrapheap, and they know it.