Stakeholder Consultant writes: ‘Regarding driver substitution — this is conducted openly by Deliveroo, with the insane stipulation that the “original” rider is meant to check the immigration status and criminal background of the substitute. This is done with the full knowledge of the Home Office and HMRC:
The pretence that these checks are done:
allows Deliveroo to continue its business model
allows the official driver to collect a kickback
allows the substitute driver to work illegally
allows the customer to get a pizza delivered cheaply
The entire operating model is built on this farce. As I’ve said before, the actual Rule of Law crisis in this country is the state being unwilling to or incapable of enforcing its own strictures.’
Anton Hofmiller writes: ‘A labour-intensive, capital-light model of production is an inherently pernicious thing, and it doesn’t cease to be so, just because the labour pool is drawn domestically. It just files off the roughest edges of immigration in social/cultural terms…
…the labour-intensive model described in the article is in part a pragmatic solution to a real problem — the overproduction of warm bodies with nothing to do. This is really awkward for the Natalists, because it casts into the sharpest relief their one big problem.
To wit, that TFR has a near flawless inverted correlation with civilisation. For decades, South Asian, MENA and Sub-saharan African countries have been doing what the Natalists want for everyone, i.e., shitting out 5, 6, or 7 babies per woman.
The result has been to render their economies totally dysfunctional, and to oblige them to export their surplus population to the West, thus making their problem our problem and our economy more like their economy.
It's not a coincidence that the countries most advanced in use of robotics and automation are the lowest TFR ones:
A low TFR has many problems, and I don’t deny these for a moment. But it also has very real benefits, one of which is spurring innovation, capital investment, and productivity gains. You have to when you can’t rely on an endless supply of human golems to do your work.
As Western and other societies age, we’ll hear more about the “need” for immigrants. You know and I know that that argument is horseshit. But at least as important is the need for shifting our economies in a capital-ish rather than a labour-ish direction.’
LaoCaiLarry writes: ‘Back in the 1990s, takeaway meant exactly that: you would hop in your car and take away the food from the premises. Domino’s were really the first to introduce the concept of food ‘delivery’ in the Yookay, it was a genuine vertically integrated novelty — and a premium product.
Here is a Domino’s menu from 2003 where the prices are identical [to now]. You also have to remember Domino’s didn’t really do deals back then, their main USP was delivery in 30 minutes or less.’
Daniel writes: ‘I don’t have anything to add on the topic specifically just an ancedote that one of the last few times I went to the GP I saw a sign on the wall openly exclaiming “We do not ask residency status”. This country really is an illegal immigrant’s dream.’
Clapham Junction Groyper writes: ‘One issue to raise from this is whether Low Immigration Britain would inevitably be a less regulatory health and safety obsessed state. “Martyn’s Law” for example would be unenforceable without an army of third worlders performing these labour-intensive jobs.’
Ascended Yield writes: ‘Further econometric research is needed on the distortionary impact that mass low-wage migration has on the sectoral composition of the UK economy:
We overconsume hospitality in comparison to other advanced economy peers with less sizeable tourism sector and less accommodating weather. Hospitality costs are lower than in other countries.’
All laws which are popularly known as "First name's Law" are terrible, but Martyn's law is perfect. We need low skill third world immigrants to perform security duties at venues to protect us from the increased risk of terrorism brought to us by mass immigration.