Vera Politica wrote:Socialist countries need to make sure not to create a "brain drain". Moreover, if the country guarantees employment, it may see rising immigration from destitute countries -- it is not clear that the state would benefit from an open doors policy in this case either.
Regardless if immigrants are admitted into the country through strict or open door policies, the cultural philosophy of the socialist state should be to uniform itself within a
socialist culture, as opposed to an
individuals culture. The current problem we notice today is that the finances (as you pointed out), move freely, yet the labourers are unable to do the same. However, when they are able to move, it is often to these capitalist countries that have adopted a marketing plan based around
individualism & Freedom. The fascists and right-wingers are unhappy with the individuals moving around where the money goes, because of this marketing plan to sell certain countries, in order to develop a pool of cheap labour. Yet, they completely ignore this problem as they usually do, to justify their hatred. Their hatred should be directed towards the free movement of capital and the marketing plan to encourage the expansion of capitalism.
A socialist culture should be opposed to
individualism in the liberal-capitalist definition, when it comes to immigration. It should be promoting uniformity, in terms of collective economic structure and oppose propagation of individualism in society. This, however, does not suggest that the individual is unimportant. The individual should be freely able to participate in various forms of individual development and improvement. It might be stretching it a bit, but developing an economy based around the socialisation of the distribution economy (which already exists), with the development of a mechanism that directs production according to
need will help reduce hours worked and provide more individual time to partake in certain personal development activities and leisure. The concept of being a minority should not be propagated within society, as one should first be defined as an individual within a collective economy, as opposed to an individual Muslim in a market economy.
It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence that determines their consciousness. - Karl Marx