Amusing new entry over at THEATHEISTPIG.COM (that hammy critic of religion) It always amazes me how people can be so scared of immigration whilst at the same time be sitting in countries whose success was largely built on the concept. I believe that it's generally a positive thing so long as cultures are allowed to change at a velocity that they can cope with. The uncontrolled, high-rate of immigration of recent years is almost certainly the aspect of this that's broken the camel's back among the immigranophobes, and not without some justification. If the politicians had had a better measure of planning, control and fairness back in the 90s then I suspect things would have turned out differently on matters such as Trump and Brexit.
I think there'll always be people who value the exchange of ideas and new information implicit in immigration over the risks (and fear) of importing undesirable things. There will always be people who see this equation the other way around, but the right answer isn't one extreme or the other, nor is it exactly in the middle either, velocity and timing is important.
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