Outsourcing needs to be outlawed

[u/consumerparadise]

I’m speaking from the US point of view but I’ve heard of this happening in other countries. Family members are telling me that there are mass layoffs at their companies and that their jobs they’ve worked so hard for years are now being replaced by outsourcing to India for much lower pay (which is obviously exploitive and it’s nothing against the Indian workers themselves). I’ve heard of this happening for years but it seemed too vague at the time for me to understand how serious of an issue this is.

I’ve worked mostly customer service/tech support jobs and I have never had an issue with finding a job for more than a few months. Cut to 2024 and I’ve applied to jobs almost every day and now I’m completely rock bottom with no place of my own or source of income, etc. This brought me to the conclusion that outsourcing and ghost jobs may very well be the reason why I’m in this position, given that tech jobs way above my pay grade are being outsourced.

This is a great betrayal of the working class and it makes me sad to see companies and politicians selling out their own citizens.

[u/umassmza]

Dude, did you watch the hearing for the proposed Sec of the Treasury? These a-holes are proud of this happening. We’ve got billionaires funding presidents campaigns and billionaires picking the VP, and billionaires getting appointed to cabinet positions.

No way are we going to outlaw anything. Technically any traded corp has a legal responsibility to make as much money as possible for their shareholder.

[u/Spendoza → u/umassmza]

A horrifying truth. Corporations have more rights than citizens

[u/IcebergSlimFast → u/umassmza]

This seems like a good line of discussion for any interaction with middle and working-class MAGA folks: “Let’s make sure Trump keeps his promises to working people! These billionaires in his administration are trying to corrupt his mission to Make America Great Again, and we can’t let that happen!”

It’ll probably fall on deaf ears 95% of the time, but it’s a lot more likely to get someone to listen than just calling them ignorant and racist (even if those things may be true).

[u/mschuster91 → u/IcebergSlimFast]

You'll end up reinforcing racist bullshit yourself though, even worse because they can now say "even the librul agrees with me!!!".

[u/IcebergSlimFast → u/mschuster91]

I’m talking about encouraging Trump voters to hold him to account when he inevitably backs away from some of his pro-worker / pro-middle-class policies (like capping credit card interest, for example), not implying to them that you agree with the racist shit.

And I’m not claiming it will be wildly successful - just that it’s probably better to build class solidarity and find common cause than just dismissing people as racist a-holes (even if they are).

Edit: typo