Mary, maybe if the USA let in as many immigrants as New Zealand does, proportionately, you'd have a different view. I understand all that stuff you wrote and the legends about the unwashed, poor and huddled masses flocking to the light held high, yearning to breathe free. I see no crowds at Ellis Island now! Living on legend are we?
If the USA simply opened its borders to all who wanted to enter, would you be in favour of that? No? Okay, that means you are a prostitute, and we are just haggling over the price [to quote an old joke]. You aren't in favour of random immigration. You are just like me, in favour of very selective immigration.
I happen to think that being a citizen with saleable property rights, rather than just a state serf, is a better way to run a railroad. You think the status quo is better. Funny that you think it's me who is the status quoist, resting on laurels, when it's you. I'm discussing a revolution in immigration, citizenship and human rights. You are saying let's stick with what we think made us great, don't rock the boat, keep things the same: <What you are expressing is the maintenance of the status quo from people who have finally made it.
The same thing happens in Corporations. Once a company becomes successful, they want to maintain the status quo - or what they think made them successful. >
It's funny that when new ideas come up, people automatically deny them, scavenging around for reasons they won't work or are bad in some way. It's the old Luddite reaction to the new. People just love the status quo in their comfort zone. Mary, it's funny that you think it's me who is wanting to maintain the status quo.
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