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Comment author: gjm 17 September 2014 12:40:46PM 0 points [-]

they'll destroy the aspect of Uzbekistan that attracted them in the first place.

Until the number of Swedes in Uzbekistan is extremely large, it'll presumably still be better than Sweden in that respect.

It is hypocritical in the original sense of the term

That doesn't actually seem to be the original sense of the term, at least according to my reading of the OED, but I don't think it matters. Anyway, let's suppose you're right and some advocates of liberal immigration policies are hypocrites in that sense. I don't see how that's evidence that the policies are bad, nor do I see how it's responsive to what your comment was a reply to (namely, a claim that many people advocate liberal immigration policies for the benefit of the immigrants).

I'm still curious about "how strong, and how many", by the way. I assume, from what you said on this point, that you have figures; I'd love to see them.