Following the Tolkien reference, migrants trying to cross the border are like Sauron’s army? Orcs? I’m not sure this world needs more ways of dehumanizing the desperate people and refugees seeking better lives.
Anduril aka "flame of the west" is Aragorn's sword. He uses it to fight orcs, but also to fight "Southrons" and "Easterlings", men under the influence of Sauron. (Make of that what you will)
Notably, Aragorn is able to defeat the latter two groups using his sword at the Battle of Minas Tirith, thus repelling them from "The West". I suppose Luckey thinks of his system as a way to repel evil people like the Southrons?
This is more likely Thiel's idea (Luckey's backer on both Anduril and Oculus) than it is Luckey's.
Thiel's companies Palantir Technologies, Valar Ventures, Mithril Capital, Lembas LLC, Rivendell LLC, and Arda Capital are all named after Lord of the Rings.
Of course there should immigration regulations, but because that's the comment you chose to make at this moment in this context, people are probably assuming that you believe the talking points about there being some big huge problem with illegal immigration in America, that somehow necessitates things like building a giant border wall and enabling ICE, etc. That would be eminently downvote-worthy, but of course you didn't say any of that. It's sort of like someone making a "both sides" comment after Charlottesville, it's hard to make a comment like that without it sounding like a dog whistle for some really bad people.
I am downvoting this because of the descendants of the illegal ANGLO immigrants who came to Texas in the early 19th century profit and cheer the criminalization of those doing the same thing.
The United States of America had open immigration for the first 100 years or so. Not open citizenship, mind you, but open immigration. It wasn't until after the Civil War that SCOTUS forced the federal government to implement an immigration policy. Until then, this was the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
While no one should ever be dehumanized they should be reported accurately. Criminals (one who has broken the law) Illegal immigrate, Economic migrant.
I'm not sure how this issue plays out in the US but in Europe most of the media refuse to acknowledge this fact when reporting stories like this.
nindalf|7 years ago
Notably, Aragorn is able to defeat the latter two groups using his sword at the Battle of Minas Tirith, thus repelling them from "The West". I suppose Luckey thinks of his system as a way to repel evil people like the Southrons?
alehul|7 years ago
Thiel's companies Palantir Technologies, Valar Ventures, Mithril Capital, Lembas LLC, Rivendell LLC, and Arda Capital are all named after Lord of the Rings.
bluthru|7 years ago
EDIT: If you're downvoting this, does this mean that there should be no regulation for who can enter a country?
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swarnie_|7 years ago
I'm not sure how this issue plays out in the US but in Europe most of the media refuse to acknowledge this fact when reporting stories like this.