So you sincerely believe that the cost of labor is not connected in any way to the cost of products, and that the market for labor isn’t influenced by variable demand for them? In other words, if you claim that a high demand for burgers does not and should not cause the demand for burger-making to rise, would you also…

So I’m hearing a “no,” you would not accept empirical evidence to the contrary on the grounds of something about busting your ass? What if we just called it an empirical comparison? Would you be ok with it then?

Yes, because relocating with no job is free, so that makes perfect sense.

If empirical evidence were to show that raising the minimum wage does, in fact, lead to other wages being raised, would you concede that this is untrue?

Yeah, advanced economics is for pussies and communists

That’s great, unless people like hamburgers, or something. If the demand for a product is high, low wages for the people who make it is a market distortion, no? Remind me again: if free markets are possible, are such discrepancies ever not the result of coercion? Show your work

Wait, I thought the free market would maximize negative liberty. Enforcing contracts eliminates. What’s the deal, man?! Which side are you people even on?

The Republic is the thing being defended, dummy. That’s the fucking font of your liberty fight there.

How very fashy of you. We got around that problem by implementing this thing called a “republic” some time ago.

But Jesus foresaw your wickedness, and said: Show me a dollar. Whose name and superscription hath it?

Yes, if your definition of violence is broad to the point of meaningless, you get to call whatever you like violence. Here in real life, tho, we’re stuck using the actual meaning, and you can’t pretend filling out your 1040a is literally the same as being shot dead.

Is... are you trying to find statistics by calling for them by name?

Yeah, no. I said AVERAGE number of Italians. As in, an average of all the years in that decade. As in, take that number and multiply it by ten. There’s no other meaning that could have, really.

Yeah, I don’t believe any confession that was part of a plea deal. That’s pretty much the definition of duress. If she says one thing to a reporter and another thing to a judge, I’m inclined to believe the version that wasn’t literally written by someone else.

I mean, you’re not saying she should be treated inhumanely, but other people here absolutely are

“Global policymaking community.” Lol. Just jam together whatever words you like, and the good lord will provide.

There were no laws of any kind restricting or promoting immigration to the United States until 1875. There were none that considered any factor other than the immigrant’s race until 1917. One million is fewer than the average number of Italians alone who entered the country in the first decade of the 20th century. We…

Or, maybe, you start reading footnotes and stop asking me to believe numbers from 10-20 years ago are reflective of the current situation?

I’ll assume you’re arguing in good faith, and just let you know theday you’ve been seriously misinformed about this. White immigration to this country wasn’t limited or held to any economic standards at all until after the First World War. In fact, there weren’t any restrictions on immigration of any kind from…

Well, no. There is, in fact, a specific crime with an actual name, but it’s called “having an expired visa,” not “Illegal Immigration.”