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Speaking of fairness, why exactly should we have more concern about the job prospects of someone who happens by random chance to be born on one side of a border
by danenania 8y ago
Speaking of fairness, why exactly should we have more concern about the job prospects of someone who happens by random chance to be born on one side of a border than someone who happens to be born on the other?
If anything, isn’t it less fair if the person who previously lucked into being born in the wealthier country gets the job?
My point isn’t to diminish the very real problems facing the US working class. I just don’t see why working class people from Mexico or El Salvador are any less deserving of my sympathy.
- elejo 8y agoBeing born here or there is an act of random chance. The fact that some countries are developed while others aren't is not random chance. Especially in the new world where all countries have had exactly the same amount of time to develop.
- michaelt 8y agoThings are the way they are because American laws are made by American lawmakers, elected by the American electorate. If the rules could being set independently of the interests of the electorate, our rules could become more moral - but it seems to me more likely they would become a lot less moral.