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Ask MR why they put it in the politics section then? Are the MR moderators less than human?
It’s in PRSI because they know the types of toxic hate it will draw, and they want to limit replies to those with 100 or more posts.

Immigrants bashers forget they themselves have immigrant forebears.

It’s a form of self hate I think.
 
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They move them here because of people who can't help but turn everything immigrant related into another reason to b*tch and moan about how immigrants are ruining this country and their lives.

Spot-on assessment. There's a lot of people out there who blame their lack of success and position/status in life on immigrants. Easy to point at "others" who might appear a bit different and blame them.
 
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Corrupt politicians need to give the masses something to hate as a distraction. Scapegoating immigrants gives them the cover they need to loot the treasury by passing themselves trillions in tax cuts, and tack those trillions onto the national debt.

I thought the tax cuts were going to spur economic growth eliminate the deficit? Nope, that was a lie. We’ve got record breaking deficits, just like every republican administration. Their voters get played for fools and it works every time.

Maybe shows like Little America will help change the attitudes of immigrant bashers, who unfortunately have lost the family history of their own immigrant relatives.
 
When Apple SJW CEO Tim Cook speaks in favor of immigration, his intention is not to help immigrants like the ones shown in the "Little America" trailer in the original post. Cook's intention with his pro-immigration stance is to allow Apple to continue blatantly abusing the H-1B visa program to hire foreign workers instead of Americans. Since Apple can pay the H-1B foreign workers less than Americans, it allows Apple to maximize profits.
 
When Apple SJW CEO Tim Cook speaks in favor of immigration, his intention is not to help immigrants like the ones shown in the "Little America" trailer in the original post. Cook's intention with his pro-immigration stance is to allow Apple to continue blatantly abusing the H-1B visa program to hire foreign workers instead of Americans. Since Apple can pay the H-1B foreign workers less than Americans, it allows Apple to maximize profits.

Is that actually true? I can’t imagine that the amount of money Apple would save on this scheme would effect a bottom line like there’s.
 
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When Apple SJW CEO Tim Cook speaks in favor of immigration, his intention is not to help immigrants like the ones shown in the "Little America" trailer in the original post. Cook's intention with his pro-immigration stance is to allow Apple to continue blatantly abusing the H-1B visa program to hire foreign workers instead of Americans. Since Apple can pay the H-1B foreign workers less than Americans, it allows Apple to maximize profits.
I think this Little America series can educate people. You will learn that H1-B does not allow hiring cheaper foreign workers, they must be paid the prevailing wage based on experience and education.

I’m sure there employers who cheat, but they should be dealt with and punished, just as employers who hire undocumented workers should be held to account: charged, convicted and sent to prison. But that never happens, does it?

Instead of blaming employees who are trying to improve their lives—like your immigrant relatives when they came to America—blame the employers who create the demand and incentive for them to continue me here illegally. If employers wouldn’t hire undocumented workers, they wouldn’t come here, since there would be no job for them to work at.

Maybe you should re-think the wisdom of anti-SJW immorality signaling. Pushing down others doesn’t pull you up, and your neighbor is not your enemy, regardless of new immigrant or long-time immigrant. We are a nation of immigrants, right? If you watch Little America maybe it will help you understand why your own forebears came to this country, even if existing citizens didn’t want them to. If your relatives hadn’t been allowed to emigrate here, you wouldn’t be here now.
 
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In what world is telling immigrants stories politics? It's only political if you see them as less than human.
I am not advocating any point of view, just trying to answer your question in an objective way. Illegal immigration is a huge topic right now and one episode of this show is described as focusing on a minor who runs a hotel after his parents are deported. The fact the parents were deported suggests they were not here legally (or perhaps they came here legally but overstayed their visas). There is a big, but often ignored, difference between legal immigration and illegal immigration.

While none of us have seen this episode yet, it is a pretty safe bet from the description that the story will lean toward the "open borders" side of the political debate. If another episode were to deal with the family of someone who was killed by an illegal immigrant (whether it was intentional or "just" drunk driving) that episode would lean toward the "closed borders" side of the political debate.

Because of Tim Cook's public advocacy on the subject of immigration, I do not expect this series to be balanced by showing a sympathetic story from both sides of the debate. If the series only shows one side of the debate, then many people would see this show as being political and trying to influence viewers / voters to favor an open borders position.

Personally, this series doesn't sound all that interesting to me but I will watch the first few episodes to give it a try. I really didn't expect to like The Morning Show based on the previews I saw but it quickly became one of my favorite shows when I started watching it.
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Technically only the Native Americans can be considered as non-immigrants :)
Actually... if the paleoanthropologist's "single origin" theory is correct, Native Americans are also immigrants, they just immigrated much earlier than everyone else. The latest theory is that all human life began in Africa then spread around the world.
 
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I am not advocating any point of view, just trying to answer your question in an objective way. Illegal immigration is a huge topic right now and one episode of this show is described as focusing on a minor who runs a hotel after his parents are deported. The fact the parents were deported suggests they were not here legally (or perhaps they came here legally but overstayed their visas). There is a big, but often ignored, difference between legal immigration and illegal immigration.

While none of us have seen this episode yet, it is a pretty safe bet from the description that the story will lean toward the "open borders" side of the political debate. If another episode were to deal with the family of someone who was killed by an illegal immigrant (whether it was intentional or "just" drunk driving) that episode would lean toward the "closed borders" side of the political debate.

Because of Tim Cook's public advocacy on the subject of immigration, I do not expect this series to be balanced by showing a sympathetic story from both sides of the debate. If the series only shows one side of the debate, then many people would see this show as being political and trying to influence viewers / voters to favor an open borders position.

Personally, this series doesn't sound all that interesting to me but I will watch the first few episodes to give it a try. I really didn't expect to like The Morning Show based on the previews I saw but it quickly became one of my favorite shows when I started watching it.

Actually... if the paleoanthropologist's "single origin" theory is correct, Native Americans are also immigrants, they just immigrated much earlier than everyone else. The latest theory is that all human life began in Africa then spread around the world.

"Because of Tim Cook's public advocacy on the subject of immigration, I do not expect this series to be balanced by showing a sympathetic story from both sides of the debate."

Just to be clear... Tim Cook's public advocacy with respect to immigration extends only to Apple employees under his charge; as any CEO would similarly be responsible for their employees. One should not erroneously extend that on his behalf to anything beyond, such as an "open borders" policy.
 
Making series about your neighbors is not political. It's real life. It's no more political than making content about women, factory workers, office workers, the elderly, or flight attendants. They are people not politics.
It was just a joke. Maybe you missed the "Wink" emoji.
 
i have not been interested in any aapl shows
maybe this one will
wish the acting was more realistic than leaning on the comedic
also hopefully the show will not emphasize ethnic stereotypes
 
I have no love for Apple+ or the shows, but sometimes I feel the need to remind people, and I will do so again: the United States of America is a country of immigrants. It's barely ~200 years old. A little besides the point, but it stole (highly likely) land from Mexico, land which had a lot of gold, which some would argue was used to build the America everyone knows today.

If anyone here is angery about immigration... Might I suggest you pick up a history book.
 
"Because of Tim Cook's public advocacy on the subject of immigration, I do not expect this series to be balanced by showing a sympathetic story from both sides of the debate."

Just to be clear... Tim Cook's public advocacy with respect to immigration extends only to Apple employees under his charge; as any CEO would similarly be responsible for their employees. One should not erroneously extend that on his behalf to anything beyond, such as an "open borders" policy.
Just to be clear, I am not extending Mr. Cook's words at all. According to CNBC (hardly a right-wing source) "Apple said in its brief that the company wouldn’t exist without immigration and that co-founder Steve Jobs is the son of an immigrant. The company said it’s morally wrong to deport immigrants who followed U.S. policy and achieved DACA status."

Tim Cook started his brief by saying Apple employs 443 "dreamers" but when he wrote "it's morally wrong to deport immigrants..." he was not limiting his statement to Apple employees.

There are two ends on the immigration spectrum - those who want open borders where anyone can come and go freely and those who want closed borders where it is much more difficult to come and go. Like any bell shaped distribution, the majority of people are somewhere in the middle of the two extremes favoring varing amounts of limits and regulations on immigration (annual limits on immigration, lottery systems vs merit based systems, whether or not to allow "chain migration", etc.).

If the new Apple TV+ show highlights the personal tragedy of a family torn apart by the enforcement of existing immigration laws in the United States, that show would influence viewers / voters toward a more open borders type of position. Likewise, if the show highlighted a family who lost a mother and two small children to a drunk driver who was in the United States illegally, that show would influence viewers / voters toward a more closed borders position. I stand by my statement that I do not expect the series will present both sides of the debate.
 
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Actually... if the paleoanthropologist's "single origin" theory is correct, Native Americans are also immigrants, they just immigrated much earlier than everyone else. The latest theory is that all human life began in Africa then spread around the world.

I would have to say that it is correct because they are now using DNA to map human migration :) however in the context of this discussion I think that does not count :) what should count is who was the first to established civilization in the region :) and also the first Europian whoh settled in America can not even be considered immigrants but colonizer.
 
what should count is who was the first to established civilization in the region :) and also the first Europian whoh settled in America can not even be considered immigrants but colonizer.

So let me guess, native Americans weren’t “civilized”, and colonizers were there to “educate”?
 
So let me guess, native Americans weren’t “civilized”, and colonizers were there to “educate”?
Lols.. if you have followed the discussion then you would have not asked that question.

I don't know about you but for me Native Americans already has a civilization before Columbus. It maybe a primitive form of civilization but they are already farming and raising livestock. Civilization is not about railroad or industries.
 
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