El Paso shooter ranted against foreign techies in manifesto
In a four-page, 2300-word “Manifesto” that he purportedly posted online shortly before he went on a killing spree, Crusius expressed support for similar anti-foreigner views of the Christchurch (New Zealand) shooter and said, “This attack is in response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”
“They are the instigators, not me. I am simply defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion. Some people will think this statement is hypocritical because of the nearly complete ethnic and cultural destruction brought to the Native Americans by our European ancestors, but this just reinforces my point. The natives didn’t take the invasion of Europeans seriously, and now what’s left is just a shadow of what was,” he wrote.
As worrying as his anti-Hispanic harangue was his tirade against foreign tech workers, which, while not specifying any ethnic groups, should concern Indians given the attack against Indian guest workers in Kansas in 2017 by a man with similar anti-immigrant views. Texas too has a large Indian population and PM Modi is scheduled to address a community rally in Houston on September 22.
“Immigration can only be detrimental to the future of America. Continued immigration will make one of the biggest issues of our time, automation, so much worse. Some sources say that in under two decades, half of American jobs will be lost to it. Of course some people will be retrained, but most will not. So it makes no sense to keep on letting millions of illegal or legal immigrants flood into US, and to keep the tens of millions that are already here,” Crusius wrote.
The so-called manifesto was transparent in its resentment of the immigrant work ethic and their success in America, given the shooter’s own resume posted on LinkedIn, in which he said he is “not really motivated to do anything more than what’s necessary to get by”. “Working in general sucks, but I guess a career in Software Development suits me well. I spend about 8 hours every day on the computer so that counts as technology experience I guess. Pretty much gonna see what technology careers present themselves; go with the wind,” he wrote in his profile.
He also praises automation, regarded as one of the key job-killers, saying it is a good thing as it will “eliminate the need for new migrants to fill unskilled jobs. Jobs that Americans can’t survive on anyway.” “Automation can and would replace millions of low-skilled jobs if immigrants were deported. This source of competition for skilled labour from immigrants and visa holders around the world has made a very difficult situation even worse for natives as they compete in the skilled job market,” he wrote.
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