There are legitimate complaints from the anti-immigration camp, resources reaching their limits and dwindling government support are real problems. I don’t see this as a factor of immigration, but rather the endgame of a system that feeds on more.
In the case of the UK, virtually every ‘anti-immigration’ Conservative government actually increased immigration more than the Labour opposition. I suppose no one knows the ‘benefits’ of cheap labour and infinite growth better.
My feeling is, until a balanced steady-state economic system is acheived, or even desired, immigration will remain a side-show. The proposed Swiss law says it all. When the population reaches 9.5 million, the government must ‘do something’.
There are legitimate complaints from the anti-immigration camp, resources reaching their limits and dwindling government support are real problems. I don’t see this as a factor of immigration, but rather the endgame of a system that feeds on more.
In the case of the UK, virtually every ‘anti-immigration’ Conservative government actually increased immigration more than the Labour opposition. I suppose no one knows the ‘benefits’ of cheap labour and infinite growth better.
My feeling is, until a balanced steady-state economic system is acheived, or even desired, immigration will remain a side-show. The proposed Swiss law says it all. When the population reaches 9.5 million, the government must ‘do something’.
Good luck.