Originally Posted by tito

You are not speaking to a collectivist, Robin, groups have no common interest. As with everything that happens in a free market, some people benefit and others do not, the key is to adapt to put yourself in the best position for the market.

You are correct, I do not feel a common bond with my compatriots. I am polite to those I haven't met, and I choose my friends, but I am certainly not the brothers or kin of any individual I have not chosen to be so. I am an objectivist. I feel we should cut back on immigration (in the current illiberal system) not for the benefit of people I do not know, but for the benefit of my wallet which will have to pay for the immoral benefits handed out to the newcomers.

Immigration may well be depressing wages, but that is a natural progression, that less skilled jobs become less valuable and eventually valueless. Nobody is paid less than they want to be, unless they don't know the difference between want and irrational wishing.

Which people of the nation? With more immigration (And no socialism, might I add) my father would become wealthier, he owns a business. However, me and my mother would likely become poorer (unless we adapted.) I work unskilled part time, and my mother is a dental nurse.

I still haven't brought in the golden bullet however. In a true free market there are always more jobs than people.