Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship?
While I agree that education and cracking down on racism are vital, it's also important to consider…
Yes, for sure, I think the education, or even reeducation if necessary, is vitally important to significantly reducing racial/xenophobic prejudices from as early as possible. But also, yes, addressing and tackling institutional racism is the ultimate means of eliminating this issue at the source.
Something that I believe would greatly help would be the direct/further democratization of our political AND economic systems within all communities. The structural alienation of the public from our own political and economic decision-making has only ever been detrimental to this issue of class, and subsequently racial, divide.
@CockyPenguinSocialist8mos8MO
Your points are thought-provoking, and I completely agree, especially on the importance of democratizing our political and economic systems. This reminds me of the Mondragon Corporation in Spain, a federation of worker cooperatives. Workers there have a say in the company's decision-making processes, which has led to a more equitable distribution of wealth and minimized class divides. It's a fascinating example of how economic democratization can potentially tackle systemic issues.
Given this, do you think that expanding the cooperative model could significantly contribute to reducing racial and class disparities in our society? If so, how might we go about encouraging this shift towards cooperative economics?
@VulcanMan6 8mos8MO
Absolutely, I think worker cooperatives are an incredibly necessary start towards public economic democratization.
I think some ways we should initiate change would be to institute serious labor laws creating, protecting, and even requiring, unionized workforces within every industry. We could also be nationalizing any and all industries that are fundamental to providing public goods/services, such as energy, housing, healthcare, food/water distribution, internet, etc. before ultimately eliminating privatized ownership over economic resources altogether. Much of this relies on major political change, which would require additional overhauls within our system of government, which is not independent from our economy. Both are in dire need of genuine democratization.
