Have you ever read William Ophuls? Highly recommend the book Immoderate Greatness, it helped me put the weirdness happening now into a legible perspective.
“Illegal immigration”. Seeking asylum is not illegal, and the multiple wars promulgated by the western world are the cause of much of that. Economic migration arises when poor countries are sucked dry by richer countries and what else can people do? Migration from rich countries is of course quite normal and above board, and definitely not illegal. Who makes the rules that define illegal and who whips people up into a frenzy against demonised human beings? And why?
As I note in the upcoming article on illegal immigration, there's a big difference between "illegal" and "legal." Asylum seeking is legal indeed but it has been abused in many different ways. For example, asylum seeking has to be done in the next available country, not just any country of choice. I am not at all opposed to legal immigration, including accepting asylum seekers. However, what's currently happening is largely not that.
In short, economic migration and seeking asylum are not the same. That is not to say the US and other countries are blameless in causing the chaos that's led to the current wave of migration.
Have you ever read William Ophuls? Highly recommend the book Immoderate Greatness, it helped me put the weirdness happening now into a legible perspective.
Also John Michael Greer's book Decline and Fall.
I haven't read William Ophuls. Will check it out. Thanks for the recommendation. Have run into Greer a few places but haven't dived deep. Worth it?
“Illegal immigration”. Seeking asylum is not illegal, and the multiple wars promulgated by the western world are the cause of much of that. Economic migration arises when poor countries are sucked dry by richer countries and what else can people do? Migration from rich countries is of course quite normal and above board, and definitely not illegal. Who makes the rules that define illegal and who whips people up into a frenzy against demonised human beings? And why?
As I note in the upcoming article on illegal immigration, there's a big difference between "illegal" and "legal." Asylum seeking is legal indeed but it has been abused in many different ways. For example, asylum seeking has to be done in the next available country, not just any country of choice. I am not at all opposed to legal immigration, including accepting asylum seekers. However, what's currently happening is largely not that.
In short, economic migration and seeking asylum are not the same. That is not to say the US and other countries are blameless in causing the chaos that's led to the current wave of migration.