social.noyu.me

do you think it would be an improvement if the EU and so on dropped most of the process for getting a visitor's visa for people from poorer countries and instead made it a bit like posting bail. only requirement is a sufficiently large deposit (that you'll lose if you overstay)

‪now you might think, hey, wouldn't this prevent poor people visiting the EU. not necessarily! you would expect that a market for what's basically an insurance product would pop up. companies who will pay your deposit for you if they think you are honest.‬

‪of course, the application process for such insurance would resemble whatever bullshit currently existing immigration authorities put you through. but you would have competition! so it might actually be a bit better overall. shrug‬

‪apologies to my socialist followers for an extremely markets-brained post. i swear i'm left-wing‬

‪the thing is that even if this does benefit the wealthy overall, that's not necessarily a bad thing, because at least it's less… racist? the concept of the current system is that it doesn't matter how much you manage to succeed in life, your birthplace (etc) is more important‬

‪would make for a huge improvement if you happen to have relatively well-off friends too, and those kinds of connections make good things happen‬

@hikari see the thing that you immediately realize when you apply is that _the cruelty is the point_

it is not a side effect of some other process. it's not meant to be efficient, market- or otherwise

@hikari i basically agree with the proposal for the same reason why i think low-level corruption is more good than it's bad (being able to avoid unjust laws with money is an improvement over not being able to avoid them at all)

@hikari (the fact that they make you book tickets before you get the decision for a visa means that in practice, a worse version of the system you're describing is already in action)