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>> "Let's say you're running a great country with a great economy, Singapore. And, suddenly in a gesture of humanity, you open borders, and you have 5 million p
by em3rgent0rdr 11y ago
>> "Let's say you're running a great country with a great economy, Singapore. And, suddenly in a gesture of humanity, you open borders, and you have 5 million people stream in, maybe ten. How good is Singapore going to be as a destination with that kind of migratory assault on resources, infrastructure, culture, economy etc?"
Well some of the concerns you are raising here are offset by simple economics. As more people arrive, due to fixed supply of land and limited ability to import resources, prices of everything will gradually increase, up to a point where the next potential immigrant would no longer be interested in immigrating.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoBut at this point hasn't the previously great economy been destroyed?
- Asbostos 11y agoNo. The people already there can afford it because they have a job and get paid in the local currency. It's just like what's happened in New York or San Francisco. Don't go there if you're unemployed or it'll be very difficult to survive. Those places allow free immigration from the rest of the US but they've reached capacity and stopped growing much. Of course this assumes immigrants aren't given social welfare.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago> Of course this assumes immigrants aren't given social welfare. Yeah, that is the key point I was implicitly not assuming. Thanks.
- weddpros 11y ago_ up to a point where the next potential immigrant would no longer be interested in immigrating_ Do you really think economic immigrants can already afford the current prices? Do they move to the USA because it's cheap? or because it's rich? "Simple economics" don't work well here...
- s73v3r 11y agoAnd now you've got a bunch of other problems, many of them being inflicted on your citizens.