> the rightwing supports capitalism and free markets and oppose socialism and central planning. these policies make us depend on immigration, both legal and illegal, to grow our economy. this statement, that free markets require immigration, is patently false. trade can be unfettered, an ideally it would result in specialization in each country; instead of everyone making their own mediocre car and camera, a few countries make exceptional vehicles so another country can make exceptional cameras. no where does the free market require movement of people, only movement of goods. now you can argue that a man born to build cars was born in camera land, and he should be allowed to migrate to where his skill set will be better utilized. what we are seeing however is a race to the bottom; jobs go to where labor is the cheapest, even if they produce an inferior product. or they can subsidize an industry to falsely make them competitive. regardless, race to the bottom and other "cheating" can be avoided by prudent foreign policy. again, free markets prosper when trade and ideas freely move, but don't require human capital to migrate in population alterting numbers. capitalism, or the effort to acquire capital, again doesn't require cutting off your ear to spite your face. imported labor has costs, that you can temporarily defray to the community if they are willing. but you can just as easily increase your capital by introducing any number of efficiency or innovations outside of cutting labor costs. it isn't a zero sum game. if i can make widgets at double the speed for a set amount of labor, that has the same effect as doubling labor but paying half. the idea is that if you train and retain a specialized work force, you are actively disincentivised to seek continuous new labor. what you are looking for is crony capitalism, where corruption allows government interference in the marketplace to limit competition and allow unethical businesses practice.
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