But on a more practical level, I think I’d want to rig criteria so that I was bringing in the most intelligent/educated group of immigrants with the lowest possible net worth. And I’d attempt to treat practical experience on an equal footing with formal education. Basically, I’d want a group of hard-working, ambitious people who stand the gain the most from a better opportunity. To use an inhumane term, I’d attempt to arbitrage the situation.

No clue how to address American immigration issues, it seems people are always pointing fingers at lower class migrants (which was being done to their ancestors in the not too distant past). I hear my friends from UK bitching a lot now too. I think intelligence is highly overrated, and, well, it also smacks of discrimination. If you’ve got a bunch of migrant workers picking your food and keeping your costs down, the least we can do is educate their kids while they’re here. Good environment, decent education, lots of love, you’ve got intellectual and emotional intelligence. Guess I’m on the nurture side there.

If I owned my own country, however, people would be required to worship Dionysus. Extra points if they are skilled in viniculture.