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Haiti: Why Open Borders Don't Work in the Developing Worldmises.org/mises-wire/haiti-why-open-borders-dont-work-developing-world
80 sats \ 3 comments \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 23 Oct 2024 Politics_And_Law
The unfortunate irony here is that experience shows many Dominicans know they benefit from Haitian migrants who work in the hospitality and agriculture sectors. The political problems we now see only tend to arise when migrant totals become very large.
No sh*t Sherlock!! They have even more problems with mass migration in places that are not wealthy. Many countries do not have the resources to put socialist programs to support illegal migrants in place. Why are THEY trying to do it here, to crash the system?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 23 Oct 2024
I was thinking the other day about how naturally this logic can lead to supporting imperial expansion.
If people are purely moving from country A to country B because B has better institutions, then the humanitarian thing for B to do is bring its institutions to A.
If Hispaniola were entirely administered by the Dominican Republic that would clearly be an improvement for the Haitian people and it might also be an improvement for the Dominicans who don't have a refugee problem anymore.
Seductively dangerous reasoning
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 23 Oct 2024
here is the flaw in your scenario:
Dominicans accept Haitians and DR turns into Haiti.
You become what you import.
not a Pareto arrangement, it's zero sum: Haitians benefit at the expense of Dominican
not to mention the language barrier
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 23 Oct 2024
Bryan Caplan has advocated for open borders, welfare included!
Irresponsible and deadly wrong thesis
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