“Capitalism” and “socialism” – what do these words even mean? You could just say that capitalism is the economic system of countries like the United States, and socialism is the economic system of countries like the former Soviet Union. In that case, I’d say that capitalism is at least ok, while socialism is hell on earth. Perhaps my opponent would even agree! It’s more fruitful, though, to treat capitalism and socialism as positions on the ideal economic system. Something like: the capitalist ideal is that government plays very little role in the economy – and the socialist ideal is that government plays the leading role in the economy. In that case, I say that capitalism is awesome, and socialism is terrible.
Tag: immigration
Unusually Willing to Bear Risk and Take Initiative
Among the many mistakes one encounters frequently in the views of anti-immigrationists is the assumption, sometimes the explicit allegation, that immigrants are representatives of or even the dregs of the countries from which they come.
Seasteading Thought Experiment
I find this scenario useful when considering any issue that involves being “captive” (more or less) to a geographic location. How much does this “captivity” allow others to control us or force us to make concessions to the will of others? For example, the issue of immigration, when considering this scenario, is seen as one of necessarily forcing fellow natives to live with either open borders or controlled borders.
Familial Obligations, Immigration, & Incestuous Relationships (32m) – Editor’s Break 056
Editor’s Break 056 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the obligations children have toward their elderly parents, his commitment and the importance of providing a multi-generational household for his children and grandchildren, the phenomenon of immigration and the crimes committed by immigrants and refugees, and whether or not incestuous relationships and their reproduction should be considered crimes.
Partitions VIII — The Mexican Border Wall
There will be a partially completed money pit on the US-Mexican Border for ever more. No POTUS nor COTUS nor SCOTUS will ever finish it, because 1) the political budgeting process never finishes anything, and 2) no one who could possibly take the blame for the failure and unintended consequences of a completed wall will allow the wall to be completed.
Dreamers’ Parents Never Sinned
I made a comment on a friend’s post on Facebook, which turned into quite the exercise in the Socratic method toward challenging Federal jurisdiction over immigration.
Reduce the Misery
I believe in reducing unnecessary misery. That’s why I don’t want you violated even if I was violated in the same way in the past. This is a HUGE stumbling block for so many people.
Partitions II — Catalonia
The aristocracies of some lands will pretend to the determination of lands other than their current domain. Therefore, historically, what are now France and Spain presumed that it was natural to use Catalonia for ulterior motives.
“Treatment We Associate With Regimes We Revile as Unjust…”
Where, I wonder, was Forrest’s devotion to the Constitution when she sentenced Ross Ulbricht to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015?
Hibernians
There is much that is being repeated today in America’s raging debate on immigration. The scapegoats this time are, however, ethnicities, religions, and atheisms from Central America to Africa and Palestine to North Korea.