Sargon Is Still A Centrist
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If the bar for center gets moved to zero immigration you are almost certainly living in an authoritarian police state where the government will kill you for saying the wrong thing.
So, full disclosure, I do watch the Lotus Eaters podcast.
That said, I'm pretty sure that Sargon's "zero immigration" policy idea is specific to the UK. For about two plus decades, the UK has been receiving absolutely insane amounts of both legal and illegal immigration, which is absolutely not sustainable for a relatively small island nation.
He's stated a number of times on his segments that his best-case is to stop immigration entirely, kick out the illegals, fix the ever-ballooning national spending apparatus (like the NHS), and balance the economy to the point where British citizens can afford to buy houses again without bulldozing the entire country into Megacity One.
I can certainly support that viewpoint; I can't imagine "stop importing people, we're full" as an extremist position.
Is Sargon arguing for 0 immigration? And how is a country allowing 0 people to move into it from foreign countries an authoritarian police state? Like not allowing emigration would be a red flag. If a countries emigration policy is this place is so great it’s illegal to leave sure. But saying we don’t owe you a spot to come to our country and leach off our social safety nets is not really authoritarian.
He says 'Sensible centrism is: Reducing legal & illegal immigration to zero.'
Again, I say, which countries on earth, past or present, have this policy, or something close to it? Authoritarian, totalitarian states, every single time.
Japan is a totalitarian state?
Japan does not have a policy of zero immigration.
There was a period when it did, however. When it was an authoritarian, totalitarian state that would kill you for subversion.