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64 sats \ 7 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 5h \ on: What Would Hayek Think? econ
Friedrich August von Hayek ?
Yeah. That guy
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That wordplay is pretty deep and not easy to catch, I had to search it up. ‘Serf & Turf’ refers to Hayek’s book The Road to Serfdom? Like a Hayek style dish ‘à la economic freedom’?
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Yes. I think the message literally meant that we are the slaves working the land of these people. Whatever the owner meant, it's clever. "Surf and Turf" (different spelling) is a common restaurant seafood/meat dish.
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Maybe the whole point wasn’t to be that deep, it was just to make it rhyme! Ahahaha
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Well, you don't see the word "serf" used too often anymore. I'm sure most of his workers are foreigners from central america, with little opportunity to earn money in other ways. Native born US people don't want these jobs. If you really want to take the analogy further, the US centrally planned economy has thrown things off balance. The free market has been stifled, and this lowest rung on the ladder group of immigrants needed to be imported.
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A true and full application of Hayeks ideology would surely mean zero immigration restrictions and complete freedom of movement for people and labour globally - I wonder how the average American would feel about applying such an open door immigration policy?
Europe has been allowing almost unrestricted immigration and it seems to lead to quite a few problems. Free market ideology is all well and good- until you try and apply it in the real world where there are in reality many other considerations.
Many nations 'allow' informal immigration where people come in but with very limited if any rights under the law but provide cheap labour for businesses- like the landscaping and domestic servants in USA- voters tolerate it up to a point until they feel their own jobs, rights and culture may be threatened.
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Hayek's stance assumes a free market, or as close as you can get in reality. It's tough to imagine the hypothetical. I agree Hayek would support free immigration, but no government financial support for the immigrants.
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