I know. It’s also easier to ever than flee, and that’s also meaningless to this point

I understand what you’re saying about immigration, but that holds less true with respect to war forcing people to move.

So?

I was more pointing towards the suggestion that market forces kept everything in check, which, no, they don’t. The market does not magically stay afloat without intervention. Production is not just regulated by market forces.

But most importantly, countries have capacities. America, for example, can hold many more people than it is, comfortably. But if you have a place that’s smaller, like Britain or sweden, free border immigration will result in strains in both the cultural and infrastructure situation in the countries at hand as they rapidly grow beyond present capacity, which they will if free immigration is allowed.

Excess workers willing to work for lower pay can also drive wages down, and allow companies to exploit workers more easily(often regardless of the actual law).

I’m generally in favor of reasonably lax immigration policies, but free border immigration is not a good idea. People need time to adjust to the culture of where they’re going, and you don’t want to overload that

Because no one wants to leave their family and entire home behind just to move to a wealthy country to live on the street as a homeless person

Life as a homeless person can be better than life in a war torn country.

The flow in both directions is kept in check by market forces, the same way we regulate the production of every good and service in our economies.

Libertarian ah take