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I am of the opinion that many of the social problems we have today and the politically driven agendas are because of our true lack of a national identity. The U.S. has always welcomed all from the around the world to lawfully enter this nation and become Americans. However, now a days many cry foul when the U.S doesn't seem to meet the individuals standard and adapt to their culture, either foreign or domestic. The U.S. is too....
Too white
Too Christian
Too conservative
Too much negative history
Too industrious/Capitalist
Too strict on immigration
Too militarized
Today, what's our united cause?
Two too's.
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As controversial as this might sound, until the last 100-150 years or so, most nations (including the U.S) had an identity. Older nations had hundreds if not thousands of years to establish "a people". People that for the most part thought alike, worshipped alike, lived alike, and yes...looked alike.
It doesn't sound controversial. It just sounds wrong. Hawaiians were never like New Yorkers. New Mexicans were never like Alaskans, etc...
So a privilege that you enjoy you want to deny to others.
I think nations should implement whatever immigration policies their citizens believe are in their best interests. I am happy to follow Japan's immigration laws. Others who want to live in the U.S. should follow American laws.
So a privilege that you enjoy you want to deny to others.
And to answer your question more directly, yes, as there are billions more people in the world than America needs, there are billions of people that I, as an American citizen, want to see denied the privilege of immigrating.
I am of the opinion that many of the social problems we have today and the politically driven agendas are because of our true lack of a national identity. The U.S. has always welcomed all from the around the world to lawfully enter this nation and become Americans. However, now a days many cry foul when the U.S doesn't seem to meet the individuals standard and adapt to their culture, either foreign or domestic. The U.S. is too....
Too white
Too Christian
Too conservative
Too much negative history
Too industrious/Capitalist
Too strict on immigration
Too militarized
As controversial as this might sound, until the last 100-150 years or so, most nations (including the U.S) had an identity. Older nations had hundreds if not thousands of years to establish "a people". People that for the most part thought alike, worshipped alike, lived alike, and yes...looked alike. They created an organized disciplined society. If there was need for a revolution, there would be a united cause against the government.
Today, what's our united cause? White supremacy, BLM, police brutality, bathroom gender rights, confederate statues, illegal immigration, Capitalism?
What American culture will we ultimately become??
You need to travel more, and read more. This country has never been homogeneous.
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The main problem in the USA isn't immigrants not assimilating it's multi generational Americans de-assimilating from mainstream culture and otherwise engaging in self destructive behavior that causes great cost to their society. I define American as being hard working, valuing freedom, understanding personal responsibility, and having self discipline. The most American people I've met are often first generation immigrants who understand how great our system is. My work place is probably 25% immigrant (Vietnamese, Chinese, Hispanic, one Bosnian) and they work circles around most "real American' workers.
Immigration was/is always a problem to some degree. Generally, the more dissimilar immigrants are, the bigger the problems.
This is rich, coming from an alt-right white guy with white nationalist leanings, married to an Asian woman and living in an Asian country. Are you joking? Seriously? Do you not see the irony in your post? 外人
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