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>its an intl. human right to be allowed to seek asylum from ~~poverty~~

citation needed. danger, yes but poverty?

your third bullet also implies that all illegal immigrants are refugees seeking asylum.

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Not everyone might agree but, taking a global view, I would interpret Article 25 of the UDHR [0] - right to standard of living - combined with Article 2 - right to nondiscrimination - as supporting the right to flee poverty in general. Going further, the relative wealth of countries like the U.S. is tied with exploitation and imperialistic meddling in the places where people are fleeing from, so it takes on that extra layer of responsibility. I argue that poverty is a form of persecution (exploitation) of the poor by the rich, which meets the letter of Article 14.

> your third bullet also implies that all illegal immigrants are refugees seeking asylum.

I'm not following.

[0] https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ind...

How much would the human population need to contract in order to provide everyone with the same wasteful quality-of-life that the average citizen from a western industrialized nation has?

citation for why you believe it's a problem of population rather than a political problem of resource distribution?

>in order to provide everyone with the same wasteful quality-of-life that the average citizen from a western industrialized nation has?

For people in some places around the world a pair of shoes and 3 meals a day can be called a luxury.

Yikes, I appreciate the insight into your perspective but this terrifies me that otherwise intelligent people hold the disgusting ideas so confidently that you do.

which ideas do you consider "disgusting"?

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