Lionel Shriver

But it's been long enough that maybe we should get over it and update.

Well, I think the big mistake in the asylum system is making it legally required so that all that is necessary is that someone from wherever sets a single foot on your territory and suddenly you're responsible for them.

And they can make claims on your benefit system and they can also make claims on your judicial system, which is not free either.

And that whole system has got to go I would shit can all of asylum but as you know, that doesn't mean that Voluntarily countries couldn't say, you know, here's this conflict over the over there.

Let's say Ukraine, right?

Russia's invaded new Ukraine There are a lot of people in danger, especially in these through the country We will take our share.

We will invite them voluntarily.

That's what we did, right?

but not because we have to, because we've inverted it.

So it's required charity.

And therefore, it's an open invitation to game the system.

And it's now a farce.

It's now an embarrassment.

Yes, and this incursion, this mass incursion on Western territory is evidence of a lack of cultural self-confidence because why would you want to protect your culture from incursion by others?

You don't if you don't if you don't care about it, you're not going to try to protect it.

And and we're raising we're raising people to not care about it.

It's not it's you don't even have to go so far as to to hate your own country.

But if you just you can passively not give a shit about it.

We don't talk enough about water.

Tell me more.