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Four Obstacles Facing Libertarian Proponents of Border Controls

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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2024
[T]he legislator, according to the ideas of the ancients, bears the same relation to mankind as the potter does to clay. Unfortunately, when this idea prevails, nobody wants to be the clay, and everyone wants to be the potter.
– Frederic Bastiat, “Academic Degrees and Socialism” [1848]

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May 9, 2024
Four Obstacles Facing Libertarian Proponents of Border Controls
Libertarian proponents of immigration controls inevitably run into four obstacles in their support of this particular statist program: 1. The non-aggression principle. This is the core principle of the libertarian philosophy. It holds that it is morally wrong to initiate force against another person. Another way of stating the non-aggression principle is this: People have the right to live their lives any way …
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