Thanks—very helpful. I’m curious if you think the U.S. allowing lots of immigration to stay more powerful than China to possibly reduce the chance of great power war is a terrible idea.
Hi, ditto what Khorton said. I don’t have a background that has lead me to be able to opine wisely on this.
My initial intuition is: I am unconvinced by this. From a policy perspective you make a reasonable case that more immigration to the US could be very good, but unless you had more certainty about this (more research, evidence, cases studies, etc), I would worry about the cost of actively pushing out a US vs China message.
But I have no expertise in US politics so I would not put much faith in my judgment.
Can’t answer for Sam, but I think it’s really hard to know if something’s a workable policy idea unless you’re close to the people trying to implement it. If you’re not familiar with the policy area, the best you can do is say “Yep, that’s definitely terrible” or “maybe that’s an okay idea but it’s probably still terrible”.
Thanks—very helpful. I’m curious if you think the U.S. allowing lots of immigration to stay more powerful than China to possibly reduce the chance of great power war is a terrible idea.
Hi, ditto what Khorton said. I don’t have a background that has lead me to be able to opine wisely on this.
My initial intuition is: I am unconvinced by this. From a policy perspective you make a reasonable case that more immigration to the US could be very good, but unless you had more certainty about this (more research, evidence, cases studies, etc), I would worry about the cost of actively pushing out a US vs China message.
But I have no expertise in US politics so I would not put much faith in my judgment.
Can’t answer for Sam, but I think it’s really hard to know if something’s a workable policy idea unless you’re close to the people trying to implement it. If you’re not familiar with the policy area, the best you can do is say “Yep, that’s definitely terrible” or “maybe that’s an okay idea but it’s probably still terrible”.