Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M
by rayiner on Monday June 08, 2026 @05:06PM
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> Global freedom of movement was an inalienable right until European colonial powers noticed some of their colonies' peoples wanted to move to Europe.
What an absurd assertion. Where did you learn that? Read up about Roman border control and immigration policy, and what they required of immigrants into Roman territory.
Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M
by selfmodruntime on Monday June 08, 2026 @05:38PM
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There was no global freedom of movement. Ever.
Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M
by wizzwizz4 on Monday June 08, 2026 @07:29PM
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The second paragraph is a reasonable political position, but the first is blatantly ahistorical. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport#Antecedents.
Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M
by rangestransform on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:51PM
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We should not fulfill our imagined moral responsibility to the third world if it has real cost to the people already here
Large scale global movement is indicative of failure to uplift the globe from violence, poverty, and climate change. It makes a lot more sense to me for the global powers who don't want mass migration to do something to fix its causes instead of retreating inward and succumbing to nativism.