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Originally Posted by Jeb Stuart Thurmond
Back to the "Open Borders" advocates, there are provoking some interesting debates among conservatives. A major conservative argument against immigration is that Rome fell because they let the barbarians immigrate. If we allow millions of say, Somalians into America, they will also destroy our government and replace it with Somalian chaos.
The libertarians reply that that's the whole point: "If we take the long view, were the barbarian invasions really such a catastrophe?...Maybe the barbarian invasions benefited Rome.
Why? Because they relieved Western society of something that was encumbering it. They lifted a great weight. They put an end to Big Government, for worse and for better...In its place arose feudalism, a new and more contractually-based mode of governance...In short, the barbarian invasions were the beginning of a great rejuvenation."
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I've never considered the issue from that point of view before. Mayhaps they are right. We really wouldn't have to go all the way to Somalia for salvation, IMO. Canada is close by and filled with barbarians enough for any necessary disaster.