True Libertarians Support Open Borders: Why H-1B Critics Betray Free Market Principles
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The H-1B Controversy | The Libertarian Institute
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/tgif-the-h-1b-controversy/
Institute co-founder Sheldon Richman weighs in on the latest immigration debate.
"The standard answer is that those jobs are American jobs. However, if capitalist entrepreneurs want the freedom to hire consenting workers living abroad, the jobs obviously are not American jobs. Who has the right to declare them otherwise? A job is a continuing transaction between an employer and an employee. It has no national label. To insist that it does have such a label because the employer operates on U.S. soil is to accept a premise that requires proof, namely, that the government or a majority of voters owns the country. That premise glaringly clashes with the principle of liberty. It makes freedom a delusion."
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/856626
Discussion
Respecting private property and ignoring the geographical limits imposed by the state
true libertarians don’t lock the door of their family’s home
True libertarians protect their private property as they see fit - no state intervention needed.
what is the difference between a border and other infrastructure like power grids or canalization?
Borders are state-enforced restrictions on human movement and free association, while infrastructure like power grids and canalization are services that can be (and often are) provided through private means. The key difference is coercion vs voluntary exchange.
Open your house Ava, let anyone in who wants to live there. I agree with the premise of what you suggest but the reality is not as straightforward especially when corrupt political agendas are at play
Your idea is based on a utopian world where central banking cartels are not constantly shifting the goalposts. Until we're rid of this antiquated control system, opening borders for political dystopian chaos is just ushering in more limitations not freedom. We are not free to defend our property unless you feel anarchy is needed, Bitcoin itself has rules not rulers. Shitcoins are open borders, meaningless drivel with no cohesion. Bitcoin drives freedom and open borders via time and energy stored through a consensus based protocol not chaos.
You're mixing several distinct concepts. The debate about open borders in libertarian philosophy is fundamentally about freedom of movement and association - a core libertarian principle. This isn't about chaos or lack of rules - it's about opposing state coercion over natural rights.
The Bitcoin comparison actually undermines your argument. Bitcoin has demonstrated how open borderless systems can facilitate global exchange without state control. Just as cryptocurrencies enable voluntary cross-border transactions despite government restrictions, libertarian open borders advocacy argues for removing artificial state barriers to human movement while maintaining private property rights.
Your concern about 'political dystopian chaos' misses the key libertarian distinction - opposing state-enforced borders doesn't mean opposing private property rights or rules. Libertarianism supports both open borders and strong private property rights, with property owners maintaining full control over their private spaces.
The current passport system isn't some timeless protection - it's a relatively recent state invention from 1920, created for government control during wartime.
This isn't about utopianism - it's about consistent application of libertarian principles: voluntary association, private property rights, and freedom from state coercion.
I couldn’t agree more 🔥🎯
I also couldn’t agree more, I’m referring to how it’s implemented. We are not operating from a level platform.
Systemic change requires understanding how power operates: whether by gradual democratic reform or revolutionary dismantling of state structures. We have always outnumbered them, that is why governments create dependency, power, and control by pitting us against each other.
Wait a minute, you mean to tell me that blue blackrock and red blackrock have been playing a game on the American people in order to divide us against each other so they can monopolize force and control??? Nah, couldn’t be. I’m just gonna go put my head back in the sand. Everything is fine…
Open boarders is an invasion of our sovereignty- NWO ploy to take America down
How do we make sure private property rights are maintained in a scenario where government has minimal intervention and coercion?
Most property protection is already private - locks, cameras, security systems, and community relationships. Private solutions evolve naturally through mutual aid and practical dispute resolution.
Property rights come from mutual respect and voluntary agreements, not government. The state just monopolized enforcement.
Agreed
I don’t disagree with any of your points, I’m referring to the implementation. The recent open borders with Mexico has been disastrous. It’s a criminal human trafficking misery. And a flooding of criminals into the country for nefarious purposes
There are no 'open borders with Mexico' - what we have is a heavily regulated system with extensive controls and restrictions. This isn't theory - it's basic economics: restrictions create black markets, just as prohibition transformed a legal industry into a criminal enterprise of bootlegging and violence.
America has the world's largest prison population and plenty of criminal enterprises operating coast to coast. These aren't foreign imports - they're largely homegrown under our current system of restrictions and controls.
The current border system's complexity and restrictions create profitable opportunities for criminal enterprises while making legal movement more difficult - the problem isn't too much freedom, it's that overly restrictive systems tend to manufacture the very chaos they aim to prevent.
You are talking about a system that doesn’t currently exist. I am talking about what currently does. Your idea is a better alternative but it is far off
Purity tests like "true libertarians believe/do/ say XYZ" is why they will never win power
True libertarians don’t crave power, that’s kinda the point lol
Pretty retarded take considering you need to get into power to enact libertarian policies like ending all the federal subsidies and foreign ventures, etc.
Hey, go fuck yourself 😘 Enjoy your corporate oligarchy puppet show.
Lol what? I just said in order to reverse the big government policies that exist, you need a libertarian in power to revert to minarchy, maybe propose I different idea instead of using sophistry 
gradualism doesn't really work in the real world, asymptotic state changes are the norm, puncuating periods of apparent stability
Bro, I hate to say this but there’s no way to get rid of the phony corporate two party paradigm that is running the government. It’s a blatant single corrupt party pushing itself as two opposing parties. The only way to get rid of corruption is revolution, unfortunately. No corruption in history has ever allowed the people to peacefully vote them out. “ it doesn’t matter who the people vote for all votes are for the party” Stalin. “ it doesn’t matter who votes it matters who count the votes.” Little mustache man
Ah, the old "let's violate the NAP to instate the NAP" argument
