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Why a nation is not like a house or a club – and why the difference matters for debates over immigration

7-8-2017 < Attack the System 260 102 words
 
From The Washington Post. I’ve always thought that those were inept analogies for exactly the reasons outlined here. Here are some well thought-out arguments coming from the restrictionist side, but those most certainly aren’t amongst them. ~MRDA~ By Ilya Somin August 6 at 4:18 PM The Freedom House, Cambridge, MD. Even this house is not genuinely analogous to a nation. If you follow debates over immigration, it is hard to avoid arguments for restrictionism that analogize a nation to a house or a club. Such claims are ubiquitous in public debate, and are sometimes advanced More…
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