Libertarianism Is for Losers

More Misinformation from the Media:

It is ironic that conservatives, believers in limited government and the free market, should be pushing heavy-handed government intervention in the labor market to shield Americans from competition. – Anti-Immigration Restrictionism Is for Losers, Reason, Shikha Dalmia, 10/24/16

Fact Check: Reason is a libertarian magazine, and a staunch advocate of open borders. In accord with libertarian ideology, Reason writers think in terms of selfish interest and ambition. Thus they have little if any patriotic regard for the common good of their fellow American citizens. One Reason writer even proclaimed that if support for open borders amounts to treason “then make the most of it.”  

Therefore if greedy businessmen want to flood American labor markets with foreign workers, Americans have no right to complain. As far as libertarians are concerned, we’re all just atomized individuals, so the distinction between American and foreign is largely meaningless.

Libertarians claim to support limited government and free enterprise, but mass immigration is anything but free for taxpayers who have to pick up the tab for immigrants’ welfare usage. That tab is a government subsidy to the businessmen who reap hefty profits from immigrants’ cheap labor. Fifty-one percent of immigrant-headed households use at least one federal welfare program, compared with 30 percent of native-headed households.

Along with creating a larger clientele for the welfare state, mass immigration undermines limited government by swelling the electorate with people who favor more government. To illustrate, Hispanics comprise the greatest number of immigrants, and their first and second generations show a much higher antipathy for limited government than the general American population. Also, the Pew Research Center found that they have a greater negative opinion of capitalism than any other group surveyed, including liberal Democrats and supporters of the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street movement.        

Mass immigration weakens limited government still further by promoting multiculturalism. With diversity becoming ever more divisive, people in our country will find it much harder to work together for common purposes. In this situation, a powerful government will be the only force that can maintain unity and order.

As libertarianism undermines its own stated goals by pushing for open borders, it works to guarantee its failure. Truly, libertarianism is for losers.   

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