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Re:Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using ... by Gollapalli on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:57AM (#32066519)
There's a difference between a complaint and a reality. British working class citizens likely wouldn't wish to pick fruits, at the wages that British farmers wish to pay them.

Actually, that's sort of the point. British working class labour being undercut by foreign labour.

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Re:Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using ... by sangnoir on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @12:01PM (#32071848)
> Actually, that's sort of the point. British working class labour being undercut by foreign labour.

Sure, that may work in a purely hypothetical construct with rational economic agents, no second-order effects, farmers that are OK with going out of business, no political pandering, a the Conservative government that cares about labor (the class) and spherical cows.

Why are the anti-immigration politicians, now that they have "taken back control" - still keeping the immigration pipeline running? Just with fewer EU immigrants.

Blaming foreign laborers for systemic problems is a lazy cop-out: that is the bloc with the least say.

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Re:Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using ... by emsixteen on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:14AM (#32066618)
"Undercut"? You're getting there.
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