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David Heinemeier Hansson

What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about immigration

@dhh · 751 positions · 10 changes of mind · On ppll ↗

Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.

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13 dated positions, 2024 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what David Heinemeier Hansson has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingThird-generation immigrants from MENAPT commit more crime than their grandparents did when they arrived in Denmark.

    Their wordsThird-generation immigrants from MENAPT commit more crime than their grand parents did when they arrived in Denmark.

    ↗@dhh on Xx.com

  2. 5 days earlier

  3. Our readingDenmark should leave the ECHR until its articles allow deporting criminals, denying citizenship to malignant individuals, and full Danish sovereignty over who is welcome.

    Their wordsDenmark should step out of the ECHR until such a point that the articles are compatible with deporting criminals, denying citizenship to malignant individuals, and allowing the Danes full sovereignty to decide who is welcome and who is not in their country.

    ↗@dhh on Xx.com

  4. 5 weeks earlier

  5. Our readingCountries have a right to set their own immigration policy, and the assumption that people can be moved between countries with no consequence is empirically false.

    Their wordsCountries and peoples have a right to set an immigration policy, and this notion that we shouldn't have any borders or, or even worse than that, it's all just a blank slate, that all peoples are just the same, and we can take people from one place of the earth and we can place them in another place on the earth and everything's just gonna work out hunky-dory. Empirically not true.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux | Lex Fridman Podcast #501youtube.com 36th of 41 in this recording

  7. Our readingA country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate.

    Their wordsImmigration depends greatly on who immigrates. And a country benefits when the people who immigrate are net contributors to the society, and in most cases, that they assimilate with the local culture.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux | Lex Fridman Podcast #501youtube.com 37th of 41 in this recording

  8. 6 weeks earlier

  9. Our readingMass migration is harmful to Europe

    Europe

    Their wordsNo single issue has cost Europe more than mass immigration when you add up the political, social, and economic consequences

    ↗Three sacred cows that must die so Europe can liveworld.hey.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  10. 10 months earlier

  11. Our readingMass immigration has changed the culture and makeup of a country

    Their wordsSo I get the frustration that many Brits have with the way mass immigration has changed the culture and makeup of not just London, but their whole country

    ↗As I remember Londonworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  12. 6 months earlier

  13. Our readingLong-term assimilation of immigrants is not happening at a scale to tackle social problems

    Their wordslong-term assimilation just isn't happening at a scale to tackle these problems

    ↗Closing the borders alone won't fix the problemsworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  15. Our readingDescendants of immigrants are more likely to be violent and troublesome than their parents

    Their wordsDescendants of MENAPT immigrants are more likely to be violent and troublesome than their parents

    ↗Closing the borders alone won't fix the problemsworld.hey.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

  16. 13 days earlier

  17. Our readingWho gets into a country is legitimately for its people to decide, and a democracy should enforce the decision they make

    Europedemocracy

    Their wordsOpposition to mass immigration and multi-culturalism in Europe isn't likely to go away

    ↗The New York Times gives liberals The Danish Permission to pivot on mass immigrationworld.hey.com

  18. 11 days earlier

  19. Our readingMass immigration threatens Europe

    Europe

    Their wordsVance identified it as one of the key threats to Europe at the moment, and I have to agree

    ↗Europeans don't have or understand free speechworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  21. Our readingSuppressing discussion of mass immigration's downsides leads to problems

    Their wordsThe state of Sweden today is a direct consequence of suppressing any talk of the downsides to mass immigration for decades

    ↗Europeans don't have or understand free speechworld.hey.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

  22. 4 weeks earlier

  23. Our readingCultural integration is incredibly difficult

    Their wordscultural integration, let alone assimilation, is incredibly difficult

    ↗Failed integration and the fall of multiculturalismworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  24. 13 months earlier

  25. Our readingSweden's longer open-door immigration policy left it in a world of hurt compared to Denmark

    Europedesign

    Their wordsSweden, which otherwise shares a lot of similarities with the Danes in terms of welfare-state design. They went with an open-door policy on immigration for far longer, ended up taking many more (about 3x Denmark), and are now in a world of hurt with the highest gun-murder rate in all of Europe, along with an overall crime rate 50% greater than Denmark

    ↗The reality of the Danish fairytaleworld.hey.com