This is the core progressive position on immigration: the fact that the powder keg exists at all is racist. It doesn't matter that all the data show that immigration decreases social trust, because it *shouldn't* do that. When it lowers social trust that's only because the people are *wrong* and *bad* and so you don't have to consider their reaction. It just gets factored out, rounded down to zero. You don't have to think about what *is* because what *is* is racist.
One thing I wish I could popularize is the view that progressivism is deeply anti-intellectual. They never care about measuring reality as it actually exists, because it's irrelevant, anyway. If the data show that a progressive policy leads to bad results, then that's just because bad racists aren't getting in line. It's never the fault of the policy.
They have no concept of, "this policy doesn't work because it doesn't create the results we want with the people we actually have."
No, a policy is good if it's good in the abstract. And if the people you actually have aren't getting inline, then something should be done about them.
This isn't a small point. This is how you get gulags.
No, a policy is good if it's good in the abstract. And if the people you actually have aren't getting inline, then something should be done about them.
This isn't a small point. This is how you get gulags.
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