If you want proof that expertise in one area doesn't translate to wisdom in another … https://t.co/Gs5OGklKZ0
— Emanuel Derman (@EmanuelDerman) January 17, 2019
For sure that wisdom does not translate. Arguments based purely on feelings are rarely very good ones, and this one is no exception. Manjoo — perhaps unknowingly — is advocating for the demolition of the welfare state, reduced labor protection, reduced wages for people he doesn’t care about (working/lower class) and decreased social cohesion.
Open borders is only possible with countries that are roughly the same in wealth and development without destroying your society and the other one as well. This is just obvious. Wishing it weren’t so doesn’t make it not so. I am tired of wishful thinking. I care about what works and what can work in the real world.