Exactly why this migrant situation gets me so upset. If New York was in a better place, like it was in 2018/2019, I wouldn’t care as much. But it’s just adding to problems at this point.

When the government finally gave back to us, the citizens, with stimulus checks they countered it by inflation & taxes.

To an extent, it’s care children they don’t need. I live in a neighborhood with a lot of new immigrants, the community already established there helps out the new-comers. I know so many businesses that have an employee, that on paper makes 30k so they qualify for all the programs, but under the table at least makes 90k. In high school I worked in a supermarket, the managers would be paying with food stamps for their lunch but talking about buying their wives Louis Vuitton bags in Italy during their recent vacations. I remember once the EBT system was down after thanksgiving & I was apologizing to one of my managers that couldn’t pay for their stuff with the card, saying it’s unfair to do this to people that need it, but he was quick to tell me he doesn’t need it but it helps. He would also lie about other people being on food stamps, targeting black women, especially. Openly racist, misogynistic, classist, and very fake people. When people came in & it was always “My friend” but the second they left, they would call every customer a fucking asshole.

Trust me, they weren’t nice & honest people. They were entitled assholes, a lot of them. Not all immigrants are like that, some of my closest friends are immigrants or have married immigrants. I have a lot of respect for immigrants that come to America, because it’s not an easy thing to do. At the end of the day though, people are people, and will act the way they were brought up because they’re conditioned. Economic insecurity can really create an ‘everyone for themselves’ type mentality and it can be insanely frustrating to witness.

I would love to live in a socialist community, where the government helps people that need it. The problem is being America, land of immigration with people coming from all over, it’s hard to cultivate a collectivist society where everyone contributes where they need to & is able to receive what they need. Because of inefficient bureaucratic management, a lot of those that actually need it will get overlooked & those that don’t need it will get approved, which naturally creates resentment

Understandably, but blaming other counties only simplifies a complex situation. Ireland was under British control for centuries. Even up to the 20th century, they imposed trade barriers & high tariffs. The Irish economy was awful in the 1980s, but was able to recover in the 1990s, due to government policies that benefited the country & the shift to a different-focused economy.

The best biggest factor to blame is current government corruption and the leaders those poor citizens have to lean on.

How did the U.S. destabilize SA countries? Economically, Latin America didn’t open up international markets until the 1980s, after the Latin American debt crisis. The continent was pretty self-sufficient. Granted, globally(it wasn’t the U.S. alone) they weren’t offered the best trading deals, but I think the lack of organized government has been worse for the people.

The governments have driven a lot of businesses out of the countries, been unable to impose an uncorrupt taxing system and mishandled a lot of government funds. I think you can blame the U.S. for a lot of global problems, but at a certain point blaming the United States is just a scapegoat for bigger internal problems that seem impossible to fix.

I agree, no harm to him for that, but yk, there’s also a lot valid places for economic migrants. In Lebanon, the government has stolen all the money from their citizens via the banks. There’s electricity there for a few hours a day, and sometimes they even have trouble with electricity in the hospitals. People are legit having to hold up banks to gain access to their money to pay for cancer treatments, and the job market is pretty bad. It’s been insanely hard for Lebanese people to get visas or apply for asylum in the States.

I know comparing doesn’t make these migrants need it any less, but it’s frustrating when a lot of people need economic asylum, & those that get the chance, seem ungrateful or just being over the top of the sake of it, because they have advocates.

Last edit— I read a diff article that gave more details & other side of the story. Man’s probably rly rich and fixture may contribute to safety hazards for other tenants. Seems less like a victim of circumstance & more culpable than first article

Jfc, what is with this city? Is there more to this story than what is being reported? Apparently our prison system is over-flooded, there’s no room to house violent offenders, so their charges keep getting dropped to misdemeanors, and they’re throwing the book at someone that has a civil dispute? Save the city money, everybody’s time & workload, and let this man just sell his condo.

People honestly take race crimes almost as if it’s a personal attack if the perp is the same race as them. It’s like they’re afraid of being generalized so in return they generalize. The comment above articulated it perfectly & you provided a great example; why is it so hard to detach from news stories, not make it about themselves, to focus on the victim? It’s like these stories only create more racism, instead of awareness

Yeah, you can tell by the way people are quick to spin this in a black vs white way

Lol at all the racism that flies under these posts meant to highlight obscene, condemnable racist actions