[ExI] The Catholic Impact (was Re: Origin of ethics and morals)

[Kelly Anderson]

On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 3:20 AM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
> At least in the US the opposite is true. Being hard on immigration gives you
> extra votes, since the voters are incumbents who feel threatened by
> immigration. Since illegal aliens are not voting very much you don't gain
> political capital by pandering to them.

But their children do grow up and vote, due to the naturalization of
anyone born here under the 14th amendment. Since the Democrats are
disproportionately supported by the lower class, they see benefit in
growing the lower class through this process, over the long term.
Republicans support immigration because of the cheap labor it produces
for business... So nobody in the political class ends up really
wanting to solve the problems. Much to the consternation of many
typical citizens.

It will be interesting to see if, over the long term, the Democrats
are correct about the Hispanic voting public, or if the generally
conservative family values of Hispanics eventually overpower the
politics of poverty and steer them towards the right.

There is a lot of pandering to illegal aliens by the political class
Anders. I wish you were right, because it would give me more hope that
the problem will be resolved, but I fear you are not.

-Kelly