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the h1b visa exposes fissures within the parties themselves. let me break it down. it's clear to see in the republicans, you have the business interests that support it and the ideologues against it. less clear is within the left but it exists, ideologically it's a clear support, borders are tools of imperialism and oppression when you really think about it, but the labor wing of the party it's clearly a loss, lowers the price of labor across the board and frustrates unionization efforts which historically has been the foundation of the democratic party. nowadays though it seems the corporations are more influential than the unions in the democratic party and unions seem to be a non-factor. that could change though and would be an interesting development in american politics, the waning influence of union members and traditional bigots has been a big factor in the loss of focus on "america first," but that's another discussion.
anyways i see the democrats as ultimately being the kingmakers here. i can see them going either way, siding with business and doing more chud-bashing seems the easy, obvious, and most profitable route. but they could also use this moment to go big on labor, maybe unionize some of the magnificent 7 or the newly on-shored industries. that risks losing some of the ideologues but at this point they have worked with the corpos so long that the ones that still vote dem have proven they have the requisite cynicism to take a tactical loss. but that's the thing. the corpos are so deep in the democratic party too and they see themselves losing their grip on the republicans already, the unions are the true enemies of the corporations (and thus, /smg/, hinting where (you) should stand on this issue), even if the dem party remained their puppet, they would strengthen their true adversary....
this is a complicated issue, and i'm watching things closely.
