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| Spengler: The Real Crisis |
| 2014-07-28 |
| Illegal immigrants are a minor annoyance; AmericaÂ’s shift towards European fertility is a catastrophe from which we may never recover. The demographic crisis isnÂ’t at our borders but at home. ItÂ’s easy to blow off steam about illegals on the border, and tough to address the fundamentals. IÂ’ve tried to do so in the past, for example here, but the real problems and prospective solutions donÂ’t make easy sound-bites. Just to make things clear: I want super-tough, restrictive immigration laws. IÂ’d prefer a Canadian-style system that favors highly-educated immigrants with capital to invest. But I donÂ’t think the best immigration law in the world is going to do much good. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #2 Why the shift towards European reproductive rates? Because the government is regulating the crap out of being a parent. Remove the regulation and shift us back towards a more free society and the problem will solve itself. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-07-28 21:52 |
| #1 Hmm, wrong on all counts, actually. Illegal immigrants are much more than a minor annoyance in themselves, and importantly are a central part of the collapsed civic culture that is far more a threat than birth rates: lawlessness, race-baiting, abandonment of sensible policies and adoption of stupid short-term rent-seeking in its place. For a guy so burdened that his deep thoughts don't translate into sound bites, he tosses out the ignorant and arrogant "blow off steam about illegals on the border" with some panache. And any demographic problem (he exaggerates it and fails to note how early it is in that game) CAN be partly addressed with smart (i.e., normal and traditional) immigration policy. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2014-07-28 17:25 |