Dave Rubin’s Direct Message segment recently resurfaced a jaw-dropping clip of Louis C.K. telling Joe Rogan that the solution to global inequality is to “open the border” and let everyone pour into America. Rubin’s repost makes the uncomfortable point impossible to ignore: a celebrity with a protected life is openly arguing we should sacrifice American safety and prosperity as some kind of moral equalizer. Conservatives should not be surprised by the left’s moral posturing, but we are right to be alarmed that such a dangerous idea is being normalized by mainstream media channels.
On Rogan’s podcast Louis C.K. bluntly said, “My feeling is they should open it—the border, let everybody pour in,” and insisted “it shouldn’t be so great here in America.” Joe Rogan, visibly taken aback, reminded him that life in parts of Mexico today is not the same as when Louis lived there years ago, noting the rise of cartel violence and chaos. That exchange wasn’t a thought experiment; it was a revealing snapshot of how out-of-touch elites can be when they propose policies with real-world consequences.
The hypocrisy is obvious and bitterly ironic: Louis C.K. enjoys luxury homes, expensive security, and a gilded life while lecturing ordinary Americans to accept instability and danger. Critics on social media immediately pointed out that if Louis truly believes in open borders he can lead by example—donate his assets, move to a border town, or open his own estate to anyone he pleases. Americans are understandably furious when celebrity virtue-signaling ignores the basic requirement that a nation have a secure border to protect its citizens.
This isn’t abstract. Border laxity invites cartel influence, human trafficking, and public-safety crises that fall hardest on working-class communities who did not sign up to be the social experiment for globalist ideology. We’ve seen mass surges on the southern border overwhelm towns, strain law enforcement, and create chaotic conditions that are anything but the utopian diversity fantasy sold by some on the left. Policymakers who flirt with the idea of “opening the floodgates” are playing fast and loose with the safety of American families.
The clip’s circulation has rightly provoked backlash from across the political spectrum, because most Americans understand that prosperity and security are not crimes to be undone by ideological grandstanding. Even left-leaning outlets have noted the controversy, and conservative commentators have used the moment to highlight the real-world costs of dismantling border controls. This debate is not about cruelty; it is about commonsense priorities—protect your citizens first, and manage immigration in a lawful, orderly way.
Patriots who love this country should be grateful Dave Rubin put the clip back in the spotlight, because hiding elite opinions behind celebrity culture is how dangerous ideas creep into policy. We should demand that influential figures think before they call for policies that would dismantle the nation state and punish working Americans for the supposed sins of global inequality. The answer isn’t open borders or national self-abnegation; it’s strong borders, legal immigration that works for the country, and leaders who put American citizens first rather than virtue-signaling for social clout.
