npub1rg…sc7mc on Nostr: Eric S Raymond, one of the co-founders of the open-source movement, made a tweet a ...
Eric S Raymond, one of the co-founders of the open-source movement, made a tweet a few days ago saying that you can still be a right-libertarian (including a full-blown ancap) while also being against the mass hiring of H1B immigrants. He noticed how bad it was getting back when he was in his 20s and 30s, and it is even worse today. He actually emphasizes with the young tech graduates, despite being a boomer. He also states that there is more to right-libertarianism than just the monetary aspect.
I generally agree with him on this. Honestly, I would argue that conservatives (especially neocons) are bigger corporate boot-lickers than right-libertarians ever claim to be. They are the ones who defend companies that benefit from the state (especially the military industrial complex), don't care that their politicians have been bought out by billionaires, and defend policies that hurt smaller businesses like "intellectual property" laws. I also hear them worship the GDP more than right-libertarians (including ancaps) who really just care more about personal and economic freedom more than anything.
Of course, the argument comes, "how do you deal with the problem without state intervention?" And I wish ESR would elaborate on this. I think the important thing to note is that even if a company decided that they would probably get more respect (and by proxy, customers) by advertising that they don't hire H1Bs or immigrants in general, they can't. They CAN refuse to hire H1Bs, but they legally cannot make discriminatory claims in job postings like saying "US Citizens Only". This is what makes boycotts and finding companies that don't prefer 80% H1B workers difficult in this situation. So yeah, the state makes it hard to support companies that actually want to hire (White) American workers.
I generally agree with him on this. Honestly, I would argue that conservatives (especially neocons) are bigger corporate boot-lickers than right-libertarians ever claim to be. They are the ones who defend companies that benefit from the state (especially the military industrial complex), don't care that their politicians have been bought out by billionaires, and defend policies that hurt smaller businesses like "intellectual property" laws. I also hear them worship the GDP more than right-libertarians (including ancaps) who really just care more about personal and economic freedom more than anything.
Of course, the argument comes, "how do you deal with the problem without state intervention?" And I wish ESR would elaborate on this. I think the important thing to note is that even if a company decided that they would probably get more respect (and by proxy, customers) by advertising that they don't hire H1Bs or immigrants in general, they can't. They CAN refuse to hire H1Bs, but they legally cannot make discriminatory claims in job postings like saying "US Citizens Only". This is what makes boycotts and finding companies that don't prefer 80% H1B workers difficult in this situation. So yeah, the state makes it hard to support companies that actually want to hire (White) American workers.