Wouldn’t they benefit from more people? Of course it would come with the condition of learning the language at an acceptable level and that being tied to residency.

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    5 months ago

    Just look at the state of the USA with 28% immigrant population.

    Which STILL has the 6th highest GDP per capita (10th if you count tax-haven microstates and overseas territories).

    Centuries of mass immigration built the US economy. Y’all are acting like economics is all zero-sum and more people = everyone is poorer, but the amount of jobs doesn’t stay constant as the amount of people increases. The US always had an influx of immigrants to fuel the ever-growing economic machine.

    There’s plenty of reasons why a lot of people in the US can’t afford to live in cities, etc. None of it is because of immigration, it’s mostly corporate greed and stupid zoning laws.

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      5 months ago

      This still won’t apply to most low birth-rate countries like Korea and Japan, where the population densite and job scarcity is already too high.