RE: Dreaming Beyond the Wall - The Hurdles of Becoming a U.S. Citizen
Exceptionally well written article. Your Bio for your account says passionately analytical. Have you ever considered the idea of not having a ruling class (government) dictating the way other people should live their lives. You definitely strike me as viewing all people as equal. If you were to analyze the cause of the immigration "problem" I think you would be able to conclude that the issue is that we have a ruling class. The problem is not with people trying to peacefully co-exist, but with tyrants who dictate to us from high. Doesn't matter what the difference in people is, as people are people, all equal, and if viewed in that lens, what right does any other person, congressman, president, prime minister have to tell us otherwise? Those people are the ones creating the divisions, problems, and strife. Because they need a customer to sell their solution to.
I appreciate your compliment. I spent quite a bit of time as an undergrad considering the concept of anarchy. Rousseau asserts that government arose out of the need for the "haves" to protect themselves and their valuables from the "have nots." There was a point when I was convinced the solution to most social struggles was to eliminate not just government but also capital. Since then I have conducted field work in countries with disintegrating courts and legal systems that have become nearly hostile to the citizens. I believe the U.S. legal system needs a massive overhaul - but, today, I am grateful for its presence and its institutions, however imperfect. Adam Smith always anticipated a free market to encompass the free movement of goods, capital AND people. He never considered two of these factors could work without the third. It is the full realization - or the replacement - of this system that I believe can be linked to the failures of immigration systems around the world. Thanks for reading. :)