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title: ""...this same miraculous growth looks far less sexy when it occurs in…"
date: 2020-10-24
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# "...this same miraculous growth looks far less sexy when it occurs in…

*October 24, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://200proofliberals.blogspot.com/2020/10/democratic-egalitarian-socialism-contra.html](https://200proofliberals.blogspot.com/2020/10/democratic-egalitarian-socialism-contra.html){target="_blank"}
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\"\...this same miraculous growth looks far less sexy when it occurs in a democratic socialist society with equalized incomes.\
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Imagine that democratic socialist Richland is considering whether to allow 100,000 Poorlanders to immigrate. Imagine they recognize that Poorlander immigrants will each directly contribute about \$30,000 a year to the Richland economy, and further, thanks to complementarity effects, will induce the domestic Richlanders to contribute \$110,000 rather than \$100,000.\
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But here the Richlanders might yet want to keep the Poorlanders out.\
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After all, when they equalize income ((100,000 X \$30,000 + 100,000 X \$110,000)/200,000), average incomes fall to \$70,000. Once we require equality, the Richlanders see the immigrants as causing each of them to suffer a 30% loss of income.\
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While for capitalist Richland, the immigrants were a boon, for socialist Richland, they are a bust. Unless we imagine our socialist Richlanders are extremely and unrealistically altruistic, they will want to keep the Poorlanders out.\"
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