Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state
by petre on Thursday November 18, 2021 @12:45PM
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You get better working conditions in Eastern Europe. No one will try to murder or abuse you (other than financially), yet passive aggresive racism exists at every corner.
Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state
by bluecalm on Thursday November 18, 2021 @12:52PM
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I live in Poland and have immigrant friends. Rest assured there is very real physical violence towards migrants from both former Soviet Union countries as well as Western countries.
You have to watch out for your safety all the time. Just a few weeks ago my friend's bf was beaten up along with several of his friends in Warsaw. The police has done nothing, the embassy has done nothing (they are from on the biggest Western EU countries). You won't read about it in the newspaper either.
Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state
by petre on Thursday November 18, 2021 @01:59PM
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Not surprised at Poland being unsafe for migrants, having an elected conservative government that recently banned abortion and is currently also having a row with the EU over who's laws they should enforce first.
And being a Bangladeshi migrant worker is fucking awful and not particularly safe.
There's an undercurrent of really horrible shit going on underneath the shiny surface:
* https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/maid-who-killed-... (she probably was abused a lot, it is very common...)
* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57563235 (the pinnacle of maid abuse)
* https://archive.md/RCAI2 (tl;dr don't try to protest being paid less to drive a bus because of your race. they will toss you in prison and beat the shit out of you before deporting you)