The only reason this is a concern now is because the economic and political system we currently have relies on ethno national identities and a perpetual model of economic growth (increasing values and profits). Less people of a particular ethnicity (ex:European) endangers their national identity

We are in an affordability crisis and you have to find reasons? Since the dawn of humanity, when resources are scarce, birth rates declined because people were smart and did not want to suffer. Previously it was natural disaster like an ice age or man made wars.

The industry, let's be honest about it, should reform and stop exploiting undocumented laborers. They should help them getting regular citizenship or, at least, what it takes to make a legal living and benefit of that few public welfare for which they pay taxes.

Definition of a gerontocracy: fatigue, lack of energy to fight, innovate and tired of doing their jobs but insistent on keeping their position in order to maintain their exalted privileges = Democratic leadership.

Capitalism requires endless growth. It's the business model of cancer and is exactly what is destroying the planet, the media, and the government. Dialing back the population can be done with fewer billionaires sucking up resources.

This is a thing in England and in some scandi countries. Abhorrent practice that is a legacy of their poverty over hundreds of years. No one with Mediterranean/Asian/ Africa roots would ever consider doing this. Just do a potluck plan.

In 1912, a group of Polish and Franco-Belgian women weavers abruptly marched out of one of the mills in response to the mill owner trying to cut wages. This brave move of defiance inspired other workers in the area who were sick of being exploited and soon the strike spread to some 20,000 workers.

Mill owners initially counted on these ethnic and linguistic differences to thwart collective action. They segregated workers by nationality, kept skilled native-born workers separate from the unskilled immigrants; and structured wage scales and job assignments along ethnic lines.

There are many such stories in labor history. For instance, the US garment industry has long been primarily composed of newly arrived immigrants. In the early 20th century, the textile mills in Lawrence, MA employed people from over 50 diff backgrounds: Italian, Polish, Jewish, Syrian, Irish, etc.

The coal miners lost that 1921 battle, but they also laid the groundwork for future labor gains. The Battle of Blair Mountain became a rallying point for labor rights in Appalachia, catalyzing the United Mine Workers of America. The red bandana also stood for multi-ethnic class solidarity.

In this moment, coal miners turned their red bandanas into a symbol of solidarity — both to distinguish themselves from the enemy and to show that, across racial lines, coal miners were united along class interests

For this reason, they were known as the "Redneck Army."

Known as the Battle of Blair Mountain, this was the largest labor uprising in US history and the largest armed uprising since the Civil War. For a month, 10,000 coal miners confronted some 3,000 company guards, state soldiers, and strikebreakers. Nearly a million rounds were shot.

Tensions ran high in the summer of 1921 when union-sympathizers Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers were gunned down on the courthouse steps by company-hired gunman as part of a company-sponsored terror campaign. In response, 10,000 coal miners marched in Charleston, West Virginia.

At the time, coal operators and their political allies conspired to pit workers against each other along racial lines. They segregated housing and work assignments; used Black and immigrant workers as strikebreakers; and tried to discredit organizers as “socialists” or tools of a "Negro uprising."

For instance, coal miners have long worn bandanas around their neck because it prevents coal dust from dropping into their work shirt or getting into their lungs. They can also be used to wipe sweat from a brow.

But in the early 20th century, the bandana became more than a practical accessory.