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Though I fundamentally agree with this position, there is no downside to having complete open borders? I mean lets say if you had a come one, come all open border policy, why wouldn't 100 million people migrate to America in the next 6 months? Are you telling me with our current society there is no downside to that? Also I was listening to Yaron Brook's show last week, though he had a problem with trump's "Travel Ban" his main point was that it wasn't strong enough. He felt if Trump was really serious about banning threats then he would of put a ban on Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Now if you agree with freedom of movement then how can you support a ban on certain people due to the "self interest" of the united states?

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1 hour ago, softwareNerd said:

Your ARI watch site is swill. You shouldn't be spamming the forum with your links.

What is your problem? That was a brilliant article, very well researched and well argued from an Objectivist standpoint. That is not spam at all, jesus you are biased.

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9 hours ago, Grizwald said:

Now if you agree with freedom of movement then how can you support a ban on certain people due to the "self interest" of the united states?

Because I support freedom of movement in the context of individual rights, not as a floating abstraction. Rights violators shouldn't move freely, just because freedom of movement is a right.

If a country is a hostile dictatorship, and there is a movement among its citizenry aimed at hurting Americans', then it becomes a free country's job to restrict these people's movement. Ideally, this should be done on an individual basis, blacklisting suspected threats. And, in the case of US friendly countries like Saudi Arabia, that is a good option. There's no need for a ban (in fact a ban against Saudi Arabia would result in retaliation in kind, which would hurt American interests just as much as it does the Saudis).

But, sometimes, it isn't enough to blacklist threats. There are countries that don't work with the US to clear visa applicants, that harbor anti-American militants. At that point, the broader approach to security is warranted: rather than blacklisting threats, only people who are white listed should be allowed in. This is a more effective approach to security, but it also causes more hardship to innocents...so the standard for justification, just like for war, should be high.

Note: Trump's ban doesn't meet that standard. Donald Trump has announced his intention to ban all Muslims, during the campaign, and then he banned a few countries' nationals in an effort to placate people holding him to that promise...without any attempt to justify his actions, by proving any actual evidence of a threat from these specific countries.

So the courts are right to throw out this particular order. But, in general, the President should have the right to issue similar orders...as long as they're better justified than this one.

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2 hours ago, epistemologue said:

What is your problem? That was a brilliant article, very well researched and well argued from an Objectivist standpoint.

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On 2/11/2017 at 4:30 PM, HandyHandle said:

ARI Watch has a devastating article of the same title: Ayn Rand on Immigration.

Why/how?

It needs an explanation, otherwise it is spammy.

All ARI posted is -a- quote on immigration, all that's worth noting is that Ayn Rand Answers is NOT a reliable source. ARI should not use it.

ADDENDUM: It starts out fine enough, then it's clear that ARI Watch is working from a "Whites are a superior race, and race is equal to culture" premise. Racists, no thanks.

"Ah ha !  A Third World immigrant – at least a resident visa holder – and a hispanic to boot, maybe even a mestizo!  Well no, not a mestizo.  The trouble for cultural leftists is that Rand goes out of her way to make Francisco white:  “Nobody described his appearance as Latin, yet the word applied to him, not in its present, but in its original sense, not pertaining to Spain, but to ancient Rome. ... [She begins to describe an ancient Roman’s appearance, using such words as “gauntness.”] His features had the fine precision of sculpture. His hair was black and straight, swept back. The suntan of his skin intensified the startling color of his eyes: they were a pure, clear blue.” Not exactly your typical hispanic. Not even Telemundo could pull it off."

White isn't exactly a race, but apparently ARI Watch (and Handy Handle) would not grasp that looking Roman is Rand making someone look -Roman-. She is going out of her way to make him as Roman as possible, yet American. Rome represents Western Civilization, whiteness being irrelevant.

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On ‎2‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 9:37 AM, Nicky said:

Because I support freedom of movement in the context of individual rights, not as a floating abstraction. Rights violators shouldn't move freely, just because freedom of movement is a right.

Fair enough, I listened to Yaron this weekend on Amy Peikoff's show and he made that same position on immigration and it makes sense, I was struggling with it for I a while myself.

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9 hours ago, Grizwald said:

I listened to Yaron this weekend on Amy Peikoff's show and he made that same position on immigration and it makes sense

This was a good listen, I listened to it yesterday. Here it is for others: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amypeikoff/2017/02/10/a-discussion-with-yaron-brook-on-immigration-policy

It gives a good sense of Brooks' position, and ARI's by extension. It's "open borders" in a sense, but certainly advocates immigration law past just "deal with people only when they're here".

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