rayiner

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by rayiner 2mo ago
I wasn't disagreeing with you, just adding to your point.
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Denial of immigration isn't "persecution."
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> You are arguing semantics Yeah, law is about semantics. And semantics reflects underlying politics. Immigration proponents never had the political capital to enact a law that actually reflects current practice.
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> This language was struck and the visas became, and still are, the most common defacto "seeking green card" status for workers seeking to move the US. Incorrect. H1B still requires non-immigrant intent. The only thing that was
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by rayiner 2mo ago
> “A strong aversion, antipathy, or fear of foreigners.” Yes, it's antipathy to foreigners in and of themselves . It's antipathy based on the mere fact that someone is a foreigner by stereotyping them based on nationality. Ant
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> This might seem like an academic point but the support of all xenophobic people for these changes doesn't imply that some non-xenophobes don't support these changes (or ones in the same spirit) as well. Americans aren't
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> Rules are well and good, but norms are important too Not when the norm is open defiance of the rules for decades. > An immigration system governs people making major life choices, and companies making large investments. And it also
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Immigration laws are like any other licensing or permitting regime. Controlling "who" and "how many" is the whole point. Making legal immigration easier doesn't solve the problem, it defeats the purpose.
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In first world countries, we focus on rules over consequences. If you build a dwelling on my property, the rule doesn't reward you for making a house rather than a tent. The moral analysis is based on the nature of the rule, not the co
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Consequentialism in general is a third-world mindset. But in this particular context it leads to the absurd result that someone who breaks the rules more egregiously is rewarded for doing so.
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Xenophobia is about assuming that people are different because of their national origin. It's not "xenophobia" if there are actual differences, especially if there are actual changes to someone's society. Treating all
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There was not any particular discontinuity in GDP per capita growth during the post WWII period compared to previous periods: https://conversableeconomist.com/2023/09/14/the-remarkable-s... .
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The moral issue is defined by the nature of the rule, not the stakes for someone who has transgressed. Enforcing the rule doesn’t become less legitimate just because someone has invested more in breaking it.
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American immigration laws are designed to have a small stream of permanent immigration, both to protect american jobs and to protect american culture from foreign influence. That’s what people voted for over decades. The New York Times did
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No it’s about B-1 and B-2 visas: > The State Department and Department of Homeland Security are reviewing all B-1 business and B-2 tourist visas, he said. https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary.
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It’s not “cruelty” to have and enforce rules. The words “temporary” and “nonimmigrant” is plastered all over the laws that govern these visas. People shouldn’t have treated them as permanent immigration visas. And employers shouldn’t have m
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> How can you with a straight face equate “fine for 1921-1965” with “best for 2026” It’s strong evidence that immigration restriction isn’t economically destructive. If you think economic circumstances have changed and the result would b
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Yeah we should also have very high income tax rates.
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We were able to make progress on those fronts in the 1960s because we had a culturally homogenized population after decades of immigration restriction. In the area of women’s rights, for example, the driving force was mainline protestants w
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It contradicts the conclusion he’s drawing from those two facts, which is that U.S. economic dominance results from European economies having been destroyed after WWII. The U.S. became a world power during its isolationist phase prior to WW
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It did matter. It was restrictive in actual effect, in that it blocked immigration from the places it was mainly coming from, and dropped the foreign born population under 5% by 1970.
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That’s a common misconception. The U.S. actually became the world’s largest industrial power before World War I. Germany had 60% of the US’s GDP per capita in 1910. It dipped during the war itself, but by 1960 it was closer to 70%. https
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We had little meaningful immigration pressure from the america at the time. The foreign born population dropped from 15% in 1921 to under 5% by 1970.
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The U.S. was at the apex of its power during those years. Those years are also why we remember earlier immigration waves as “working.” The foreign born population dropped from 15% to under 5% during that period. The Italian and Irish enclav
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> the current admin are working hard to destroy the U.S as if they're foreign agents The U.S. had a draconian restrictive immigration policy from 1921-1965. That worked fine. How can you say with a straight face that someone must be
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With some review and polish, maybe. The code seems fine. Still playing with the UI concepts. The ability to iterate is crazy.
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The people who build rockets and computers and the Internet are the good guys of history. We should do more of that. That statement shouldn’t have a political valence—people who subscribe to that idea can argue whether taxes should be highe
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Yeah that’s just a fig leaf. I bet you can’t even name all the other places that have launch sites.
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ITAR proves it’s possible to have immigration enforcement.
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If you need a class to tell you what’s enjoyable to look at and what isn’t, then it’s not a class it’s brainwashing to suppress your natural instincts.

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