The pre-1914 world saw no immigration issues or policies, and no real border controls. Instead, there was free movement in the real sense; there were no questions asked, people were treated respectfully and one did not even need official documents to enter or leave a country. This all changed with the First World War, after which states seem to
I have received quite a few comments on my 12/8 article about the Libertarian Immigration Conundrum (discussion here ). A common argument against open borders goes something like this: “If X million [non-wanted] immigrants would occupy your country, would you then be so prone to advocate ‘open borders’?” The argument is usually claimed to be
El mundo pre-1914 no vio problemas ni políticas de inmigración ni controles reales de fronteras. Por el contrario, había libertad de movimientos en su sentido real, no se hacían preguntas, se trataba a la gente con respeto y ni siquiera se necesitaban documentos oficiales para entrar o salir de un país. Todo esto cambió con la Primera Guerra
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