Predatory Capitalism and the Issue of Illegal Immigration

Los Angeles, Ca- Behind all the smoke and mirrors, the illegal immigration debate is really all about predatory capitalism running amuck and our economy is sinking becuase of this.

By creating this environment, it allows a larger concentration of Americans to slip into poverty & all of a sudden SOCIALISM seem like not a bad idea to the droves & droves of Americans who are falling victim to this thing called Predatory Capitalism.

It's true that changing governmental policies towards immigration could have a significant impact on the economy. No one denies this. But it's also quite  obvious that there are many, many other ways, and more profound ways, to transform the national economy. 

So why has illegal immigration been made the 'hot topic' right now? Well, it's because it is a very convenient way for the people who control public discourse to merge two things - on one hand we have ordinary working people feeling incredibly insecure and uncertain about the future, a situation really only made worse by the increasing concentration of wealth, and resources, and power into the hands of the already wealthy; you know, this is what you get under PREDATORY CAPITALISM. 

On the other hand we have these very effective tools for controlling public opinion - racism, scapegoating, manipulation of data for the purpose of fear mongering. So the illegal immigration debate is the bringing of these things together. Americans are being told that we are in danger of losing not only our jobs, but we're also in danger of losing our language, losing our culture, our security, everything. And it's all the fault of these people who are 'not us'. 

They are the Other, and we should be fearful of them. We need to protect ourselves, our country, against them, the aliens. Right?

This is the identity aspect of this issue that draws our eyes away from those Americans who are responsible for systematically creating policy that allows  this continuous concentration of wealth, and resources, and power into the hands of the already wealthy.  This also allows people like you and I to rather focus on those who public discourse disseminates into our heads are the real problem, "the Others who are not US, the illegal aliens".

What I'm saying is that this is basically a smokescreen. It's an act of misdirection. You get your average American workers all riled up that their jobs are being 'stolen' by these illegal immigrants.

Supposedly these illegal immigrants are sucking the profits from our economy, they must be getting very, very rich. Of course this is absurd. There are profits, but the big profits are not going to illegal immigrants ! 

And they're also not going to the middle class. 

In actuality a disproportionate amount of the nation's wealth is being systematically funneled towards the pockets of the richest of the rich. Take for example the recent extension of the Bush tax cuts which was an unwarranted extension of tax cuts for people who don't even need the money as demonstrated by their unwillingness to interject their hordes of capitalism into the economy.  Even conservative economists agree on this.

But you know, these self-appointed watchdogs of Americanism, they've actually been very successful in whipping up popular animosity towards these so-called 'illegal aliens'. If you think about it, what they've been able to achieve is actually quite remarkable - they've basically taken a group of people from tremendously impoverished places, living extremely difficult lives, and they've successfully branded them as a bunch of criminal opportunists hell-bent at exploiting America's generosity. 

Which is, of course, totally ironic since First World exploitation of the Third World has historically been the driving force behind creating that poverty they're trying to escape in the first place. The lack of awareness or compassion is extraordinary.

Credits:  The Pinky Show