I got Open Borders by @bryan_caplan and @ZachWeiner last week and since it& #39;s a comic my kid made me read it to him over the course of 4 days.

All 214 illustrated page

Some choice quotes
There are a lot of pictures of boats carrying immigrants in the first chapter

Flipping through the book for the first time "It& #39;s about sailing!"
p12 Wile E. Coyote represents a coyote. After explaining that a people smuggler is called a coyote

"No Dad, that& #39;s a were-coyote, because it& #39;s half human"
p21 "What& #39;s the statue saying"

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”

I teared up reading that
p30 "Why are the police (ICE) being mean to the man"

This came up 3-4 times. The best answer I came up with is ICE thinks they& #39;re the PAW Patrol when they& #39;re actually Mayor Humdinger.
The idea of migrating countries was confusing to a 4 yr old. I tried to explain it by explaining that he was born in Manhattan but we lived in Queens. Then I had to explain #NYC boroughs.

Now we& #39;re both confused
The phrase "diaspora dynamics" shows up a bunch. He didn& #39;t get the concept but if you have a 4 yr old go have them pronounce it. It& #39;s adorable
p114 "What& #39;s a referee and why is he letting the elephant and donkey hit each other"

"The referee& #39;s job is to make sure they hit each other but not too much"
p118 "Why are they[ICE] taking away the taco shop owner. Everyone likes tacos!?"

We had to get tacos for dinner to reassure him
p120 Immigrants make natives less supportive of welfare/UBI. I then had to explain UBI to a 4 yr old. He still seemed confused...

@bryan_caplan @ZachWeiner I would appreciate a comic about UBI
p121 "Open Borders" has become a sight word for my illiterate 4 yr old. His exact sentence was "Why does the wizard have open borders on his hat"
p205 About why we don& #39;t have open borders with Canada

"Why is the moose sad"

"Because they won& #39;t let the moose in to America. Don& #39;t you think we should let the moose in"

"We should let everyone into America"

So the book created at least one convert.
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