Why Walls Workhttp://quillette.com/2018/01/21/why-walls-work/ …
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Replying to @Quillette @QuilletteM
We live in a world where some people suffer desperate economic and political conditions and others don't, so walls are inevitable. But why be cynical and morally glorifying about them like this: "walls are an instrumental component of a sane, humane, legal migration program"?
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Replying to @Plinz @QuilletteM
Because maybe walls really do lead to more peaceful, successful societies for all involved.
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Replying to @kalovbliov @QuilletteM
Not generally and always for the people you keep out, no. (I am not making a moral claim here, it is just an obvious and factual observation.)
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Replying to @Plinz @QuilletteM
The long run consequences are an empirical question.
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Replying to @kalovbliov @QuilletteM
True! Empirically, a lot of Jews died because they were effectively deterred from illegally crossing borders. North Korea would dissolve without walls. I don't ask you to generalize from this, but walls are morally more complex than the article makes them sound.
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1) During World War II (1939) Finland put a wall of led and human flesh between its and Soviet Unions border. I would argue that Finland has been better off since, compared to what it would've been if there would not been that wall.
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Oh, definitely! But would you summarize that as "guns are an instrumental component of a sane, humane, legal migration program"? That may technically be even true, but most people would resent the darker implications. (The context of that article is Trump's wall to Mexico btw.)
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