Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirajj
Sure they are. What about the next boat? The boat after? After that one? At what point do we stop saying "No more gaming the system, no more free ride." If we look like a pansy nation who allows anyone who can get here free rein to come in, who's going to close the door?
|
I understand completely where you are coming from and most certainly respect your position. World economic conspiracies aside, would you consider entertaining the idea that this is possibly fall-out from the growing disparity between 1st world nations and have-not nations?
We are fortunate enough to have the lifestyle we do while other nations are in so much trouble economically, medically, even on a level of basic sanitation and running water while 1st world nations essentially ravage them for recources that they will never ever come out of it.
Without going all Star Trek on you, maybe the real answer to these issues is the idea of 1st world countries sacrificing some national autonomy for the idea of some kind of world government and a redistribution of wealth and resources. There is more than enough food, water, and energy for everyone in the world, but some nations horde it to maintain a lifestyle that is entirely unreasonable when contextualized with the suffering it brings on so many people.
Wow, that sounds overly romantic, but its all I got.