Regaining Legitimacy through Immigration Cuts
Reducing immigration is in the long-term political interest of our ruling classes. This may sound improbable, considering the stupendous assemblage of money and institutional power pushing for ever-higher levels of immigration
.. our institutions are facing a crisis of legitimacy, with an ever-larger share of the people rejecting the rightness of their leadership role. This crisis of legitimacy — which Europe is experiencing as well – is reflected in the declining public confidence in our institutions. It’s a big part of the reason for Brexit and Trump.
.. immigration was the issue that showed the widest gap between “opinion leaders” and the public.
.. immigration was the issue that showed the widest gap between “opinion leaders” and the public.
.. There are no doubt many reasons for the fading legitimacy of
- Big Business and
- Big Labor,
- Big Tech and
- Big Ag,
- Big Religion and
- Big Government,
- Big Media,
- Big Academia, and
- Big Philanthropy.
But both practically and symbolically, the elite push for de facto unlimited immigration is a key contributor, as Brexit and Trump and other anti-establishment movements demonstrate.
.. passage would be a startling reversal of direction by the political class. It would be a strong signal of solidarity of the rulers with the ruled. It would demonstrate that the “executives who give the money” don’t always get their way. The benefit to our political culture (never mind the benefits to the working poor or taxpayers or assimilation) would be enormous.