If you press the button, all nations everywhere magically lose the ability to have any further immigration, save for a very small number of people who pass stringent tests (e.g., job/income/education), with a slightly less stringent standard for refugees.
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If this includes restricting international travel for other reasons besides immigration my answer instantly becomes a hard no.
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Shocked at this poll tbh. Nations and borders are so fictive in my brain that I can’t believe anyone would give them any weight or power at all.
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I do support essentially this policy for my own country right now, but I wouldn't impose it on all countries at all times.
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Nah, I'd sooner press a button that made refugee status impossible, and working visas/residency permits moderately easier.
UN refugee treaty has been abused to the death in all but name of some nations. It drains domestic resources and only incentivises failure and strife.
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Everything is so much more complicated than you put in a twitter poll. It's an interesting question and I actually favor reduced immigration but I am leery of magical absolutes.
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I think nations should have the ability to set and enforce policy - should be the collective choice of the people there. Locking all nations into a no seems almost as terrible as forcing all nations to have open borders.
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Pretty surprised by how many "yes" votes there are. It'd cause an economic dark-age.