An Argument Against Open Borders and Liberal Hubris – Quillette Let’s assume Bryan Caplan is right about how low-IQ immigration is always a net-positive for the economy, such as in terms consumer spending and comparative advantage. But the educated elite are largely insulated from the consequences of the policy they espouse. The jobs of tenured… Continue reading Notes on Immigration
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The Atlantic: How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration
This article is going viral: How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration Liberals must take seriously Americans’ yearning for social cohesion. To promote both mass immigration and greater economic redistribution, they must convince more native-born white Americans that immigrants will not weaken the bonds of national identity. This means dusting off a concept many… Continue reading The Atlantic: How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration
And Fear No Darkness
This is going viral: And Fear No Darkness Despite its length, it’s not very convincing. It’s more like a belief than an argument. It’s just the author’s hunch based on some 4th turning ‘theory’ that there is a 50% chance there will be some sort of civilization-ending crisis in the 21st century. Falsifying it is… Continue reading And Fear No Darkness
Alt Right: Consumerism, Crony Capitalism, and Immigration
I’m sure everyone has seen the alt-right ‘mural‘ of the various things that the alt-right supports and supposes. A few observations: I’m kinda surprised by how it ‘strongly opposes’ SJWs but only ‘moderately opposes’ SJW-media. Also surprised that it only has ‘minor opposition’ to crony capitalism and excess consumerism, which I actually agree. Consumerism, although… Continue reading Alt Right: Consumerism, Crony Capitalism, and Immigration
The Daily View: Today in Stupid
A child genius explains how she can memorize a shuffled deck of cards in less than an hour That’s like saying ‘7-foot-tall basketball player shows how he dunks basketball’…gee I wonder if being tall/genius has anything to do with it?Geniuses are good at memorizing stuff, that’s what makes them geniuses, no shit, Sherlock. Mnemonic are… Continue reading The Daily View: Today in Stupid
The Hivemind, Immigration, and IQ
From ricochet.com, A Review of Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own From the reviews on Amazon: The book’s primary and most important contribution is to document the following empirical regularity: Suppose you could a) improve your own IQ by 10 points, or b) improve the IQs of your… Continue reading The Hivemind, Immigration, and IQ
The Free Trade & Globalization Debate
From Vox Day: The Price of Free Trade In the context of this debate, ‘free trade’ includes exports, offshoring, and insourcing & outcsourcing (of labor), or just simply globalization. The problem with macro economics is with the exception of the fundamentals (like comparative advantage), there is seldom a consensus, unlike subjects such as mathematics and… Continue reading The Free Trade & Globalization Debate