Vladimir_M comments on Is Politics the Mindkiller? An Inconclusive Test - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_M 28 July 2012 05:33:49PM 12 points [-]

Of course, for competition to really work out, immigration should not be regulated.

How does this follow? Unless I'm having a severe case of reading misapprehension, this is equivalent to arguing that there should be a market in housing because competition between landlords will result in good housing with reasonable rents -- and then adding, as if it were obvious, that for competition to work out, landlords should not have any rules for screening potential tenants.

Comment author: Dolores1984 29 July 2012 12:28:45AM 3 points [-]

I think his point was more like 'the landlords / cities must allow people to freely leave.'

Comment author: Solvent 29 July 2012 06:25:11AM 7 points [-]

Wouldn't that be a lack of regulation on emigration, not immigration?