Thoughtful article on immigration policy. We need more thoughtful dialogue on this subject, less fear-mongering and grandstanding.
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I really like Jonah Goldberg's discussion of nationalism (here). Goldberg quotes Orwell several times, so I looked that up, and it's very worth reading of course.
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Here's a bit of Orwell on nationalism:
A nationalist is one who thinks solely, or mainly, in terms of competitive prestige. He may be a positive or a negative nationalist – that is, he may use his mental energy either in boosting or in denigrating – but at any rate his thoughts always turn on victories, defeats, triumphs and humiliations. He sees history, especially contemporary history, as the endless rise and decline of great power units, and every event that happens seems to him a demonstration that his own side is on the up-grade and some hated rival is on the down-grade.
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