Come to think of it, Bastiat and Buchanan are strange bedfellows indeed. But appropriate. One has to truly imagine the unity of opposites in order to have any hope of grasping the cognitive dissonance it must require to be an American "conservative".
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Lakshmi Rhone <[email protected]>wrote: > It's not clear to me that Buchanan or any other politician is serious > about actually stopping net immigration (recession does the job anyway) as > opposed to finding vents > for social conflict every time Bastiat's dream of harmony is interrupted > by reality. It's a truly effective move not because people are worried > about the loss of culture (people > see through Buchanan's rhetoric) but because they are actually aware at > some level of the enormous income differences among nations and reason that > the best way forward is to restrict borders > rather than attempt institutional change. It's an easier fix. People want > easy fixes in regards to their wages and everything else, including the > environment. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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