i don't understand why this line of reasoning is becoming memetic; is the left not traditionally pro immigration? granted, an interesting difference between "immigration" and "open borders" is the former more strongly implies a path to voting rights
Complaining about the walls the local wealthy build around themselves while simultaneously complaining about the wealth-wall crumbling around your own privileged position due to globalization is stupid & unethical. Barriers to entry aren’t just bad when they hurt *you*
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This might be a bit too cynical, even by my standards, but I have a sense that standard leftist pro-immigrant sentiment rests on an archetype for “immigrant” that basically means “poor, sad, pitiful soul who could never compete for *my* job.”
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You mean it's wrong to be a socialist AND an anti-globalist? I'm not sure plateau of privilege is so qualitatively different from a mountaintop.
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But it is not unexpected
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Communities are often communistic internally and capitalistic externally. I don't think it's unreasonable to want that for your country. TBC I'm not one of the people complaining.
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