On: If People Could Immigrate Anywhere, Would Poverty ...

[auggierose]

A special case of this question is that the destination of the immigration is the US. Let's assume this, and let's also assume that an immigrant is magically and automatically converted into a proper US citizen (believing in women's rights, having gay buddies, etc.). Now imagine that EVERYONE outside of the US immigrates to the US. Because nobody would be left outside of the US, the US could expand to cover the entire planet. The real question now is: Is the US self-sustainable, i.e. can it function totally on its own?

[jacquesm → auggierose]

> a proper US citizen (believing in women's rights, having gay buddies, etc.).

Sometimes it is hard to see when people are joking here.

> Is the US self-sustainable, i.e. can it function totally on its own?

There's a huge question that needs to be answered first then: who would we wage war on?

[VLM → jacquesm]

Oh try harder, consider "The War of Northern Aggression" in the early 1860s.

We currently have a VERY profitable civil war against our own population, "The War on (Some) Drugs".

I feel quite confident the military industrial complex would continue to profit.