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Disclaimer: It’s different screenshots cut and stitched together into one, not every comment is like that, but its a majority of them. These are all in the top 30 of the top-level replies.
I was just searching though subs to see their opinions in immigration… holy shit, this is major sub that often has posts going to the front page. This is yet another reminder why reddit sucks.
There’s a lot of exodus from India and China, globally. Change is scary. An increase in visible minorities is change. Wealth inequality is climbing exponentially. Should they blame the Chinese? No, but it makes sense to them, because humans can’t really make sense of the difference between a multi-millionaire and a half-trillionaire (they’re both unfathomably large numbers) but they can tell the difference between having a Dunkin’ donuts and a Chinese grocer on the corner, and they can’t afford a house but they could back when it was a Dunkin 10 years ago. It’s not right, but in order to change minds it’s important to understand where they’re coming from.
Personally, I need to remind myself of this as well. The culture in the area is changing rapidly with a significant local influx of immigrants and they seem like good people who and contribute to the community and the economy, but I liked it before. When could afford a house. Change is scary.