tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post5856787318919394015..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Immigration: An Ancap Red Herringgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-37918265395988929372014-04-15T00:18:09.101-04:002014-04-15T00:18:09.101-04:00Gene, I'm a libertarian opposed to open border...Gene, I'm a libertarian opposed to open borders. I have often wondered what limiting principle pro-open borders folks apply to immigration, because most of them seem to have one. When I ask people "How would you feel if 1 million Chinese people moved to Ireland next week?" they don't look happy. (Yes, I'm Irish). When I mischievously say "Isn't that quite racist - what have you got against the Chinese?" they are perplexed! <br /><br />I have been reading through your "conversion" posts as you move away from libertarianism. It seems from this distance that you initially accepted a particularly formulaic and doctrinaire style of libertarianism and are now throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Hence your rejection of "ideology" per se. <br /><br />Let me explain. Take a random example from the newspapers: a tax on sugar because too many people are fat. I for one oppose such a thing - instinctively, naturally, reflexively, but from an intellectual point of view one might say I reject it "ideologically". I suspect you would reject such a thing, too, and probably for the same reasons a self-styled libertarian would. In fact, all of all the non-libertarians in the world you probably resemble a libertarian the most! To me the word "libertarian" is a convenient word to describe a coalescence of many people who wish to be left alone, who wish to leave others alone and want others to be left alone as well. To me your de-programming is just a matter of labels. You seem now to think the word "libertarian" does not fully convey the subtlety of your own disposition. For me, it's quite apt and does not require theological commitment to abstract principles or ultimate philosophical justifications. I always thought that was just Americans being Americans and take it with a pinch of salt. <br /><br />From reading your posts it seems you'd be happiest in a rather laissez-faire style nation in which people pay by and large for the costs of their actions. Not sure what it is you think you're "conserving" if not the libertarian aspects of your country. Old Odd Jobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14239083003799351747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-20442740551874636212014-01-23T14:39:49.916-05:002014-01-23T14:39:49.916-05:00I don't disagree. I'm perfectly fine with ...I don't disagree. I'm perfectly fine with security-based restrictions (i.e. keeping out terrorists). Nor do I want a freely open border, by which I mean being able to just walk across the border.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-23924006723214787082014-01-23T14:22:56.223-05:002014-01-23T14:22:56.223-05:00I suggest that any social entity that wishes to su...I suggest that any social entity that wishes to survive MUST have the ability to control entry. gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-42260646363597259932014-01-23T13:18:55.868-05:002014-01-23T13:18:55.868-05:00It should be noted, however, that a given entity X...It should be noted, however, that a given entity X does not necessarily have the right to refuse people entrance. I, for one, am not someone who looks upon immigration quotas favorably.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.com