David Brooks as the Kinder, Gentler Steve Sailer
30th July 2008
It’s all about Steve. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
As you know, my basic shtick is that, increasingly, specific government policies tend to matter less than the quantities and qualities of various populations. For example, Hong Kong became prosperous under free trade and laissez-faire, while Singapore became prosperous under protectionism and paternalism.
Thus, immigration policy is more central to the future of America than most of the controversies more welcome in the pages of the New York Times.
And he makes a good case for it. I’ve always said that there’s nothing wrong with New York that about a million ethnic Chinese wouldn’t cure.