> This entire thread is filled to the brim with people describing the voting majority of Republicans as low information idiots.

Indeed, and I think it unhelpful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42059010

I wrote both with the intention of inducing empathy, as in putting oneself in the shoes of others.

> We can't have unrestricted immigration, period.

False.

In many threads where the US is compared unfavourable to other nations, e.g. that the public transport isn't as good or as cheap as Germany's, or that internet is slower and more expensive than France, or whatever, the defence is "oh, America is just so big and empty".

You have the most part of a continent. You could, if you wanted to, fit in the whole world — about twice the population density of the Netherlands, which I've been to and isn't that crowded.

And it's not like everyone actually wants to live in any given country anyway — even if you did have the whole world suddenly teleport in and leave the rest of the planet empty like an xkcd what-if, I'd be surprised if less than 80% put in active effort to leave.