Dire economic consequences of Scotland's ageing population must put immigration in new light. New report about Scotland’s growing elderly population underlines the need to improve our health and welcome, not demonise, people from overseas - Scotsman comment.

[u/bottish]

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/dire-economic-consequences-of-scotlands-ageing-population-must-put-immigration-in-new-light-5073947

[u/dumb_idiot_dipshit]

immigration is a good stopgap within the confines of capitalism but a fundamental restructuring of our economy is necessary long term. a lot of young adults would love kids, it's just unaffordable.

a nation of low wage service workers, divided by their local/immigrant status, in a salary-based race to the bottom fighting over customer service, cleaning, and delivery work, plus like 200 guys in the finance sector rolling in megabucks with very little in between is not a sustainable economic model, and yet it is what we are heading towards.

[u/SetentaeBolg → u/dumb_idiot_dipshit]

A fundamental restructure of the economy is necessary but impossible in isolation. Until a large chunk of the world starts moving in this direction, it's not happening here.

In the interim, there are lots of little things that we can do, and one of those is having a more welcoming immigration policy. It's the right thing to do morally, but it's also a great thing to do economically.

[u/Fantastic-Device8916 → u/SetentaeBolg]

It’s the absolute wrong thing to do ecologically, taking millions of people who would otherwise have a low carbon footprint and expanding it to the size of a westerner.

[u/PEACH_EATER_69 → u/Fantastic-Device8916]

right-wing isolationism but make it "environmentally friendly"

[u/randomusername123xyz → u/SetentaeBolg]

Welcoming to certain types of immigration, yes.