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Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs

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What it is

Roy Beck's short gumball presentation using World Bank and Census data to argue that letting people immigrate to the US cannot solve world poverty because the numbers are so large. It is made by NumbersUSA, an immigration-restriction advocacy group.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a quick visualization of the scale of global poverty versus immigration capacity, though it is advocacy with a specific viewpoint.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Please, please watch this 6 minute TED-style talk on immigration numbers”

    Short talk putting immigration numbers in perspective

    Banthum, 2017-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Trump administration has plan to scrap ‘startup visa’ rule”

  2. “This video, although speaking only about allowing unrestricted immigration to the US, is worth watching for perspective.”

    Gumball demonstration of why unrestricted immigration cannot solve global poverty

    mcantelon, 2013-04 · Recommendation · in “If People Could Immigrate Anywhere, Would Poverty Be Eliminated?”

  3. “This video does a good job of showing that”

    Shows economic asylum does not scale to solve poverty

    tyingq, 2016-02 · Recommendation · in “Disappointed with Europe, Thousands of Iraqi Migrants Return Home”

  4. “Explained with gumbals”

    Gumball explanation of why relocating people does not solve crises

    exabrial, 2017-05 · Recommendation · in “Basic Income in a Just Society”

  5. “Watching this video kind of backs up the point to a degree, even though the topic is immigration.”

    Illustrates population growth versus immigration capacity

    collyw, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030”

  6. “For people, who do not have a good visualisation skills for numbers, there's this video”

    Visualizes the numbers behind immigration capacity

    vetinari, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “Forced Labor in Malaysia's Electronics Industry”

  7. “See this presentation about the growth in population in 3rd world countries”

    Presentation on third world population growth versus migration

    codexb, 2024-02 · Recommendation · in “The Doomslayer (1997)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: immigration, world poverty, population numbers, advocacy, data visualization

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