This is part of a series of weekly posts with the most interesting content from the Open Borders Action Group on Facebook. Do join the group to weigh in on existing discussions or start your own (you might want to read this post before joining).
General points related to migration and public opinion about migration
Post by John Lee, July 27, 2014, asking for the simplest and most straightforward way to address the objection “But you can’t have a nation without borders.” 5 likes, 17 comments.
Post by John Lee on historical migration flows, July 24, 2014. Source: EMIG dataset. 4 likes, 3 comments.
Under what conditions would you support open or near-open borders? by Johnny Roccia, July 22, 2014, posed as a question to open borders advocates to attempt to answer as if they were restrictionists. The post was part of an attempt to prepare an ideological Turing test. 3 likes, 8 comments.
Opinions of others about migration: specific observations (including links to videos, debates)
Post by Akiva Malamet, July 26, 2014, linking to Should We Welcome Open Borders?, a Foundation for Economic Education debate video between Jason Brennan and David Inserra, July 20, 2014.
Post by Vipul Naik, July 27, 2014, linking to a YouTube video from 1980 where Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush discuss illegal immigration, and argue in favor of freer migration between the United States and Mexico. 10 likes, 3 comments. Also reblogged by Fabio Rojas here.
Post by John Lee, July 26, 2014, linking to and quoting from People Flows in Globalization by Richard Freeman, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20 (2), pages 145-170. 5 likes, 10 comments.
Post by John Lee, July 25, 2014, linking to a discussion of pieces in the 1970s in Reason Magazine that defended apartheid as the lesser evil relative to communism. 1 like, 5 comments.
Post by Samuel Wilson, July 25, 2014, linking to his blog post Sumner’s Switzerland, July 25, 2014. 2 likes.
Post by Brian W. Ryman about the views of the United States Founders on migration. 1 like, 3 comments.
This is part of a series of weekly posts with the most interesting content from the Open Borders Action Group on Facebook. Do join the group to weigh in on existing discussions or start your own (you might want to read this post before joining).
Blegs and suggestions for artistic and literary depictions
Post by Vipul Naik, July 15, 2014, linking to The Data of Hate by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, New York Times, July 12, 2014. The article summarizes an analysis of membership on the online website Stormfront in the United States. The OBAG post discusses possible similarities and differences between some aspects of restrictionism. 4 likes, 7 comments.
Post by Carl Shulman, July 15, 2014, on how more competitive politics can reduce support for freer migration, because the median voter wants less migration than is currently allowed. The post links to the blog post Economic Inequality and Political Power (Part 2 of 3) by Martin Gilens, The Monkey Cage, August 14, 2012.
Post by Anna Krupitsky, July 21, 2014, linking to a YouTube video where Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio provides his take on migration in the United States context.
Post by Anna Krupitsky, July 17, 2014, quizzing people on the name of the fictional constitution that in Section 39 asserted the freedom of migration of all sentient beings.
Post by Grieve Chelwa, July 17, 2014, linking to the blog post Border fences make unequal neighbors by Philip N. Cohen on his personal blog, Family Inequality, July 17, 2014. 7 likes.
Post by John Lee, July 20, 2014, noting that Argentina has had open borders for about a decade. The post and the comments link to several discussions of the issue. 10 likes, 48 comments.
Post by Vipul Naik, July 16, 2014, talking about the India-Bangladesh border and asking if others have investigated or are willing to investigate it. 4 likes, 14 comments.
This is part of a series of weekly posts with the most interesting content from the Open Borders Action Group on Facebook. Do join the group to weigh in on existing discussions or start your own (you might want to read this post before joining).
Blegs and suggestions for artistic and literary depictions
Post by John Lee, July 7, 2014, including a picture that he considers a good depiction of the humanity of migrants and the horror of closed borders. 1 like, 3 comments.
Post by Vipul Naik, July 7, 2014, linking to The Stranger, a documentary film about undocumented migration. 2 likes, 3 comments.
Opinions of others about migration: general points
Post by Andy Hallman, July 11, 2014, discussing the views of Sonia Nazario, who favors generous treatment of refugees but deportation of “economic” migrants. The post links to The Heartache of an Immigrant Family by Sonia Nazario, New York Times, October 14, 2013. 2 likes, 1 comment.
Post by Vipul Naik noting a quote from FWD.us that uses the metaphor of a software upgrade to describe immigration reform, and asking about the aptness of the metaphor. 3 likes.
Post by John Lee, July 10, 2014, about support for open borders and equal treatment for migrants in Germany in the 1860s, linking to The Invention of the Passport (Google Books). 22 likes.
Post by Michelangelo Landgrave, July 8, 2014, linking to UN pushes for migrants to be called refugees by Alberto Arce and Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press, July 8, 2014, and asking for thoughts on what people expect the Obama administration to do. 1 like, 4 comments.
Post by John Lee linking to a Twitter discussion of a Canadian government agency censoring openborders.info because of the mention of marijuana on the website. 8 likes, 4 comments.
This is part of a series of weekly posts with the most interesting content from the Open Borders Action Group on Facebook. Do join the group to weigh in on existing discussions or start your own (you might want to read this post before joining).
General observations about migration, its morality, and its effects
Post by Vipul Naik linking to a satire post Google Announces New Hiring Policy: OpenHires by Craig Rowland, Crawling Road, July 2, 2014. 3 comments (including a fairly lengthy rebuttal by John Lee).
Opinions of others about migration: general points
What are the different schools of skepticism about open borders advocacy? by Vipul Naik, July 5, 2014. The focus in particular was on people who considered some aspects of the case for open borders promising, but viewed open borders advocacy, or some parts of it, as dangerous. 1 like, 13 comments.
Post by Grieve Chelwa linking to Jason Riley’s video interview about open borders. 2 likes, 3 comments.
Post by John Lee linking to a tweet exchange claiming that a person’s opinion on open borders would carry more weight if that person actually lived close to or with unskilled migrants. 8 comments.
Post by John Lee, July 2, 2014, linking to Google Trends results showing a decline in the popularity of the open borders search term in the last few years. 2 likes, 2 comments.
Post by Vipul Naik proposing a disclaimer for the double world GDP page, July 4, 2014. 4 likes, 5 comments.
Post by Vipul Naik asking about the rank of openborders.info on the open borders search term, June 30, 2014. 16 comments. This was the basis of the blog post Open Borders tops web search for open borders by Vipul Naik, Open Borders: The Case, July 2, 2014.
This is part of a series of weekly posts with the most interesting content from the Open Borders Action Group on Facebook. Do join the group to weigh in on existing discussions or start your own (you might want to read this post before joining).
Thought-provoking general questions or general observations
Excel file by Vipul Naik giving like, comment, and share data for all Open Borders posts and pages.
Post by Vipul Naik, June 26, 2014, asking about possible projects to apply data science or machine learning ideas to the study of open borders or open borders advocacy. 2 likes, 5 comments.
