Re the Hell-hole argument: neither participant in that dialog considers the possibility that the Hell-holes from which immigrants are fleeing may be awful to live in because of innate deficiencies of intellect and/or innate perverse propensities that are far more common among the inhabitants of those countries than among Greeks.
Re the Hell-hole argument: neither participant in that dialog considers the possibility that the Hell-holes from which immigrants are fleeing may be awful to live in because of innate deficiencies of intellect and/or innate perverse propensities that are far more common among the inhabitants of those countries than among Greeks.
William Bell: "the Hell-holes from which immigrants are fleeing may be awful to live in because of innate deficiencies of intellect and/or innate perverse propensities that are far more common among the inhabitants of those countries than among Greeks."
I think that's an important question. Why is it that certain groups are unable to create prosperity? Is it is pure bad luck (natural disasters, unkind weather, etc)? Or is it cultural -- they follow some ideology that is harmful, bad social mores, etc.? If the latter, then they bring those bad bits into the host country. Check out the "no-go" parts of Paris and Brussels to see what I mean.
Open borders would be an unmitigated disaster for India, as an example. Hindus within India would be decimated, as they have been in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In their book The Bell Curve, initially published in 1994 and now available for free online, Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein noted that if age and IQ are controlled for the much-lamented disparity between the mean income and mean net worth of US residents of European descent and that of US residents of predominantly sub-Saharan descent almost entirely disappears. https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/the-bell-curve.pdf
Re the Hell-hole argument: neither participant in that dialog considers the possibility that the Hell-holes from which immigrants are fleeing may be awful to live in because of innate deficiencies of intellect and/or innate perverse propensities that are far more common among the inhabitants of those countries than among Greeks.
Recommended reading: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/facing-reality-charles-murray/1138379266
William Bell: "the Hell-holes from which immigrants are fleeing may be awful to live in because of innate deficiencies of intellect and/or innate perverse propensities that are far more common among the inhabitants of those countries than among Greeks."
I think that's an important question. Why is it that certain groups are unable to create prosperity? Is it is pure bad luck (natural disasters, unkind weather, etc)? Or is it cultural -- they follow some ideology that is harmful, bad social mores, etc.? If the latter, then they bring those bad bits into the host country. Check out the "no-go" parts of Paris and Brussels to see what I mean.
Open borders would be an unmitigated disaster for India, as an example. Hindus within India would be decimated, as they have been in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In their book The Bell Curve, initially published in 1994 and now available for free online, Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein noted that if age and IQ are controlled for the much-lamented disparity between the mean income and mean net worth of US residents of European descent and that of US residents of predominantly sub-Saharan descent almost entirely disappears. https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/the-bell-curve.pdf
William Bell, thank you, sir, for the link to The Bell Curve.