"In conclusion, you're a bigot if you care that immigration makes you current countrymen worse off for the benefit of the immigrants because it makes them better off" "Ok, but doesn't it also make the countries they left worse off?" "Yeah, but screw them"https://twitter.com/ZachWeiner/status/1275173208535293952 …
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon
he INSISTS that the arguments showing that the natives are worse off are fallacious
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Replying to @VallesVolcae
Even in theory he has no case - why do these high skilled immigrants benefit from leaving their home country? Because it's a dysfunctional mess? If that's the case they bring the mess with them because the culture of the high skilled people is what causes that mess.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon
his coauthor does some quack math in order to argue that the overall economic benefit outweighs all other conceivable factors
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Replying to @VallesVolcae @CovfefeAnon
the only way i see this POV as convincing is if the destination country somehow had perfect state capacity to employ all its own skilled workers and the ability to create new jobs for the incoming workers at pace
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Replying to @VallesVolcae
It still makes no sense - why did the top of the IQ distribution people we're bringing in not also create a society that can use their skills? Even if we can use more the fact that they want to leave proves that they create dysfunctional societies so it's too risky to take them.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon
i don't know how convincing i find that...maybe at certain scales, I suppose, if you're importing an entire class -- but at smaller scales i think think it's particularly dangerous, if they're civilized (there is no reason to enfranchise them)
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Who knows how much it takes to break elite culture? Certainly less importation than we've done; it's quite clear that elites are now in full on defect mode and will make no sacrifices for the common good.
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