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REJOINERS - STOP LOOKING DOWN ON PEOPLE

A newspaper owner is sitting at a table with you, an immigrant and a full packet of biscuits.  The newspaper owner opens the pack, puts 1 biscuit in front of you, then the rest in his own pocket.  Then he whispers in your ear "careful, that immigrant wants your biscuit".  Of whom should you be careful? You work for a sausage company for £9 per hour.  One of your co-workers earns £10 per hour, doing the same job with no differences between you.  Do you fight to get your co-worker down to £9 per hour, or to get your wage up to £10 per hour? Obviously, you are careful of the newspaper owner and fight to get your wage put up to £10 per hour, if you have any sense, right? Well people don't tend to.  They look down the chain rather than up the chain.  I guess it could be 'animal instinct', you would attack or fight back against something your own size or smaller.  But are more likely to cower against something bigger than you. A lot of people would look at immigrants do