Slave Labor & Absent Discussion

Untold thousands, if not millions, of illegal immigrants work in the underground economy without any civil rights.  Next time you buy that cheap shirt or blouse made in China remember that the item itself as well as the Made in China label could have come from Southern California.  Louis Vuitton spent millions combing the slums of Manila, Calcutta and similar cities searching for those counterfeiting their products. But an investigator from Santa Ana found the illicit factory in Southern California. Meanwhile, the government bureaucrats in their lofty perches scratched their heads wondering why the LA sewage treatment plant kept overflowing. It was commonplace for a dozen or so people to live squeezed into a one bedroom apartment. Anyone who supports open borders supports a gangster style slave labor system.

But this discussion of legal or illegal has been too often defined as being pro or anti immigrant. Manipulation of the defining terms is, however, more clever than the blanket rejection of information all too often evident in local Facebook discussions. I wonder about these people who don’t try to examine both sides of an argument because thoughtful people read both sides and seek understanding. Politics is the art of the possible.  Any mature person knows that that are good and bad sites across the political spectrum.  I consider Liberals Unite to be a hate site while Counterpunch offers factual, reasoned analysis although I usually question their assumptions and discard their conclusions.  One left wing feminist article I read had observant insights contrasting women’s roles in the Tea Parties with the Republican Party. Reading differing points of view makes one think, the apparent unthinkable to many local commentators. Instead these Facebook commentators instantly and unequivocally reject many sites or sources as fake news. This obviously reflects their negligible commitment to democratic process. Their only real interest is in pushing their restrictive agenda.

Their persuasion substitute (as noted above with terminology control) lies in their techniques. Another example often used to confuse is to frame the debate as Democrat versus Republican. But the conflict of our time is globalism, which includes far too many Republicans, versus we the people populism. One doesn’t have to look further than the wild & scenic designation for part of Mokelumne River or our General Plan for evidence of our predetermined slot in globalist nightmare. It is our future and it must be in our hands. 

Copyright 2018, Mark L. Bennett