There’s evidence that Australian points system has had important popular traction in UK, which is a possible retail politics synthesis of Jones and “not sending their best”. And then I think Jones, Hsu, etc are important for getting elites onside.
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Say no to crying babies as well as chronically sick, disabled & elderly? These get tears & sympathy, not potential contributors. People show a clear preference for wretched refuse over possible Nobel Prize winners. The meek don't just inherit the earth. They get the green cards!
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We’re moving beyond into broader debate here, but think GOP could pull off: the only way we can care for our own babies/elderly AND the world’s is by importing only the most productive, then stretching our aid dollar abroad - if we take them all in, we’ll let them all down.
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It cedes optimism but ppl can respect the social realism; you compensate with optimism in tech/econ/whatever
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Anyway, mostly it (or everything, rather) is about giving people alibis
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