All across the world, people are willing to leave tropical paradises, crossing oceans on overcrowded, rickety boats, agreeing to be smuggled by criminals, suffering hardships and dangers I can't even imagine, all in the name of arriving at frozen wastelands.
Why?
Because people really, really want to be governed by Westerners.



"This might end with Westerners telling us what to do, so it's worth it".
They've got a point. Many economists say that we can double the world's production of wealth almost overnight by giving every person the opportunity to be governed by Westerners.
The problem with their scheme is that it involves moving millions of people thousands of miles, just to cross an imaginary line on a map to get them closer to a couple of politicians.
A more efficient way would be to move the handful of politicians over that imaginary line, so nobody has to get on rickety rafts or trade tropical paradise for snow in April.
Liberals should love my plan - they like diverse cities over here, why should they deny diversity to poor countries? Why are you hogging all the diversity to yourselves, rich liberals? Plus, imagine how much better eco-tourism will be when your next rainforest hike doesn't end with Boko Haram sawing someone's head off.
Why?
Because people really, really want to be governed by Westerners.



"This might end with Westerners telling us what to do, so it's worth it".
The problem with their scheme is that it involves moving millions of people thousands of miles, just to cross an imaginary line on a map to get them closer to a couple of politicians.
A more efficient way would be to move the handful of politicians over that imaginary line, so nobody has to get on rickety rafts or trade tropical paradise for snow in April.
Liberals should love my plan - they like diverse cities over here, why should they deny diversity to poor countries? Why are you hogging all the diversity to yourselves, rich liberals? Plus, imagine how much better eco-tourism will be when your next rainforest hike doesn't end with Boko Haram sawing someone's head off.
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