Why the climate movement should fight for migrant justice

Creative Producer Andrea Cohen-b. Produced by Meta4films Inc.

[LTFirebirdSLP]

I missed the part where hordes of Canadian migrants were invading our northern border.

And Puerto Rico is a US Territory, the entire island could legally hop on a plane and fly to any US airport tomorrow.

[abii_birkett]

thank you so much for this! FINALLY some truth that everyone else see's. The ones in power must live in some sort of dream world disconnected from civilistion!

[andrea]

Nothing but appeal to emotions and false information. This is the first time that I have heard of you, and hopefully the last.

[mathetesolei]

0:03 Like another commenter said "I missed the part where hordes of Canadian migrants were invading our northern border." After all, the other massive wildfires were in California and the Scandinavian countries. Hardly the source of migration.

0:04 Again, like the same commenter said "And Puerto Rico is a US Territory, the entire island could legally hop on a plane and fly to any US airport tomorrow." Hurricanes only affect 5 locations around the world and only 2 potentially drive land-migration to the USA and Canada: the Eastern Pacific and the Atlantic. But even then, hurricanes are best dealt with continuous rebuilding and building hurricane-resistant houses. Like what was done in Texas and Haiti.

0:05 "One of the reasons" Is that true? The only places that could be forced to flee due to a putative effect of climate change are the small islands of the Pacific (i.e. their islands could submerge under the rising sea level). And their populations are tiny. Not the mass migration oh so beloved of the Left. No. Actual interviews with mass migrants in the Americas and Europe reveal they move because of poverty (a fault of their governments) and instability (again, a fault of their governments). A few years ago, there was some analysis by the media (I believe it was The Atlantic?) that tried to link the Syrian crisis to climate change. But the increasing dryness of the Syrian farmlands were more clearly caused by corruption in the Assad regime where they channeled irrigation water mostly into favoured clients. Had the Assad regime been less corrupt and more active on behalf of their farmers and other citizens, they'd avoid getting into the civil war and the mass migration. Compare this with how the Jordanian and Moroccan handled their Arab Spring protesters. They listened to them, hence why they're safe. Assad and Gaddafi used heavy handed pacification, hence the mess Syria and Lybia are in.

0:32 Build your economies? How? Not all, not even a large proportion of migrants are highly educated. The educated ones arrive via legal means and even that sometimes depress the labor participation and wages of the native born. The Left complains that the government doesn't invest more in science education. Why would they, when they could import free educated workforce via the H1B visa? You say they do the jobs that the native born aren't willing to do. That's racist against the native poor. The Left advocates for $15 minimum wage? That would drive more automation, depress the native born lower class competitiveness AND eliminate the need for illegal immigrants whose very purpose of hiring is to depress businesses' labor costs.

0:37 The Left says the white nationalist narrative of The Great Replacement is a myth, yet here you are giving them ammunition.

0:41 Create millions new jobs? Doubtful. If you mean building infrastructure, sorry honey that creates pollution. Remember also the AI factor that I've mentioned: that depresses mass employment, not increase it. The new jobs that it creates don't even match the numbers it destroys and not even from the same demographic. Remember 'Learn to Code'? Besides, you're going to give them to your dear immigrants anyway. Why should the native populace feel they stand to benefit?

0:57 The picture you chose was ironic. The oil industry is one of the most handsomely paid sectors in the world even for the manual workers (we call them 'roughnecks'). Geothermal energy is also the only renewable energy that promises the same since the operations are similar to the oil industry.

1:18 Like other commenters say, moving them into first world countries would increase CO2 emissions. Change of countries means change of lifestyle. More population in the high-energy-consumption countries means even higher energy consumption. Instead of that, why not invest in the poorer countries? Their lack of infrastructure means there is a blank slate for a sustainable development unlike the first world where they inherit what was built in the 19th and 20th centuries. Ironically, developing places where poor people already live (which among others means giving more space for the investor capitalist class that you deride to work) is more sustainable than the virtue signalling of carrying them over to the developed countries.

[SeanGunz]

Came straight to the comments, not disappointed

[pepps]

Well the graphics were pretty good, but the argument, in regards to how fighting climate change and being pro mass migration are intrinsically connected, was a bit baffling to me.

[presidenttogekiss]

If this video is about enviromentalism, why does it talk about the economy? Like, I'm sure it's an important issue, but it's kinda of unrelated to my goal of preserving parrot species.

[OntarioCleanAirAlliance]

Brilliant graphics and text weaving the issues of climate and migrant justice together.

[gamrfrak]

Wow this is awesome. Simple and straight to the point. Great video!