09-20-2024, 01:13 PM
Good question, but I'd argue that off-grid isn't the same as entering another country. Everyone should be allowed to live off-grid, although the government doesn't make it easy. I'm arguing about illegal immigrants, who mostly aren't here living off-grid, hippie lifestyles.
Basically, the government shouldn't have the right to hold people in databases, and I'd argue that goes even for people who were convicted of crimes, depending on the nature of the crime and the amount of time passed. I once read somewhere that if a person hasn't committed a new crime within five years, they were only as likely to commit a crime as anyone else who had never been convicted. Even crazier is that the government keeps databases of even people who were never convicted.
Because of the 4th Amendment, I would argue that people should have the right to live off-grid. That being said, my argument against Swordsmyth wasn't taking this into consideration, it was about the nature of whether illegals had basic rights as outlined in the Bill of Rights.
To sum up, there's a huge difference between going off-grid and jumping the border into another country (which doesn't have open borders) and sapping up their resources.
Out of curiosity, are you in favor of open borders, then? Like, as long as someone isn't trying to work a job or pay taxes, they should be free to go in and out as they please? I'm trying to understand your argument, because I might be missing something.
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