"Some people, usually of the cultural conservative persuasion, claim that open 
borders are bad because immigrants would swamp the welfare system and the State 
would go broke and be destroyed. This is, of course, quite unconvincing to 
anarchists, since we hate the State and would love it to go broke and die. But 
the argument fails even for statists, for as Hoppe himself says, "this is not 
an argument against immigration but against the welfare state."

Another cultural conservative argument is that "our" culture would be destroyed 
by too many foreigners living and reproducing in "our" nation. Again, this is 
remarkably unconvincing to anarchists, as we don't believe State aggression 
should be used to promote someone's preferred culture. Do it on your own dime, 
without aggression. This seems to be an acid test for self-labeled libertarian 
conservatives. It is amazing how many "libertarians" show their true statist 
colors when it comes to "preserving" their culture, race, language, or 
"nation." One giveaway I've noticed for these types is that they tend to say 
"nation" when they really mean "State." Needless to say, libertarians (whether 
anarchist or minarchist) cannot approve of using aggression for cultural 
promotion.


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