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"But you are surrounded by people whose parents contributed to your economy, who were more or less raised with at least a decent amount of shared values." Peop

"But you are surrounded by people whose parents contributed to your economy, who were more or less raised with at least a decent amount of shared values." People used to say that folks with different color of skin had a different culture, and therefore interracial relationships do not work. People move across the country (in the US) and get culture shock. In other words, people don't really consider others as having the same values and culture. "Contribute to the economy" is a weird phrasing: Most of my family worked to not starve and immigrants contribute to economies as well. If you are afraid that someone from a "leser" country with a "lesser" value system is going to mess up your life, it isn't and the actual answer is for humans to make sure their global neighbors aren't crappy countries to live in. It is, after all, partly our fault (our = "developed countries") since we rely on the slave conditions in "developing" countries so that we have toys and food.

robertlagrant 5y ago
The "actual answer" here seems just aspirational. If it basically means "you have to spend enough money until everywhere else is so nice that no one wants to move to your country" then that is more money than there is. In the meantime, how do you create a system that doesn't require that amount of money?
- Broken_Hippo 5y ago
  In general, we'll all just have to do with less toys and disposable things and pay more for food. That is, until we do more with robotics in mining and food production and the like. More realistically, a good start would invest without expecting repayment, set standards for people and make sure others have rights, and stop meddling in other governments in general just because they aren't nice to your country. You won't be investing forever. None of it is a perfect answer, but striving for it is much better than simply reasoning, "I guess we'll just have to exploit these folks". Realistically, that's what we are doing with immigration: Keeping the folks we've exploited the most... out.
  - robertlagrant 5y ago
    > we'll all just have to do with less toys and disposable things and pay more for food This will be nowhere near enough. Maybe 5%.

robertlagrant 5y ago

The "actual answer" here seems just aspirational. If it basically means "you have to spend enough money until everywhere else is so nice that no one wants to move to your country" then that is more money than there is. In the meantime, how do you create a system that doesn't require that amount of money?

Broken_Hippo 5y ago
In general, we'll all just have to do with less toys and disposable things and pay more for food. That is, until we do more with robotics in mining and food production and the like. More realistically, a good start would invest without expecting repayment, set standards for people and make sure others have rights, and stop meddling in other governments in general just because they aren't nice to your country. You won't be investing forever. None of it is a perfect answer, but striving for it is much better than simply reasoning, "I guess we'll just have to exploit these folks". Realistically, that's what we are doing with immigration: Keeping the folks we've exploited the most... out.
- robertlagrant 5y ago
  > we'll all just have to do with less toys and disposable things and pay more for food This will be nowhere near enough. Maybe 5%.