The Middle Aristotle argues in his Politics that it is the middle class, the artisans, the teachers, the lawyers, the military officers, the traders and the farmers who form the backbone of a lawful and constitutional society. Without developing a healthy middle class, society falls either to a mindless mob of the poor, or is predated upon by the extremely wealthy. But today, the dominant species in the middle class has metamorphosed from the shopkeepers, professionals and artisans of the classic Western bourgeoisie into the bloated and parasitic
What better incentive for an ambitious third world person than to know that through skills and knowledge he can escape his shithole for the fleshpots of the first world? Your attitude is reminiscent of the soviet architects, Ernst May being the doyen, who wanted everyone to live on the lowest scale possible (minimal living) in tiny identical rabbit hutches.
I have big cognitive dissonance between my inclination to respect national borders protecting their Edens of free stuff from looters, and my belief that everyone should have the right to live where and how they want.
What better incentive for an ambitious third world person than to know that through skills and knowledge he can escape his shithole for the fleshpots of the first world? Your attitude is reminiscent of the soviet architects, Ernst May being the doyen, who wanted everyone to live on the lowest scale possible (minimal living) in tiny identical rabbit hutches.
I have big cognitive dissonance between my inclination to respect national borders protecting their Edens of free stuff from looters, and my belief that everyone should have the right to live where and how they want.