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re: Is Japan an ethnostate
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:47 am to ItNeverRains
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:47 am to ItNeverRains
I wish the US would’ve adopted this model two hundred years ago.
I suppose melting pots can work in theory, but when one of the major two political parties subsides solely on pushing racist and otherwise divisive language, the result is a large quotient of this country ends up hating it and not taking care of it.
Maybe I’m cynical in my late 30s, but I think we’ve long since crossed the cultural Rubicon. Americans have become far too stupid, lazy, and entitled to understand or even care about what’s happening here.
I suppose melting pots can work in theory, but when one of the major two political parties subsides solely on pushing racist and otherwise divisive language, the result is a large quotient of this country ends up hating it and not taking care of it.
Maybe I’m cynical in my late 30s, but I think we’ve long since crossed the cultural Rubicon. Americans have become far too stupid, lazy, and entitled to understand or even care about what’s happening here.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:53 am to ibldprplgld
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I wish the US would’ve adopted this model two hundred years ago. I suppose melting pots can work in theory, but when one of the major two political parties subsides solely on pushing racist and otherwise divisive language, the result is a large quotient of this country ends up hating it and not taking care of it. Maybe I’m cynical in my late 30s, but I think we’ve long since crossed the cultural Rubicon. Americans have become far too stupid, lazy, and entitled to understand or even care about what’s happening here.
The US was this way until 1965.
History.com
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Changes Introduced by the Immigration Act of 1965 Among the key changes brought by the Hart-Celler Act: Quotas based on nation of origin were abolished. For the first time since the National Origins Quota system went into effect in 1921, national origin was no longer a barrier to immigration. “With the end of preferences for northern and western Europeans, immigrants were selected based on individual merit rather than race or national origin,” Chin says. “Accordingly, there were many more immigrants from Asia, Africa and other parts of the world which had traditionally been discriminated against.” The act also established new immigration policies that looked at reuniting families and giving priority to skilled laborers and professionals.
For you Eddie Money fans, great tune.
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This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 7:56 am
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:05 am to ibldprplgld
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Maybe I’m cynical in my late 30s, but I think we’ve long since crossed the cultural Rubicon. Americans have become far too stupid, lazy, and entitled to understand or even care about what’s happening here.
I'm in my 40's and over the last 5 years or so I have made about half a dozen trips to Europe. I have a similar attitude as you. I know Europe is no utopia and many of the large cities/countries face the same problems we have here- wokeness, social issues etc.
But to spend a week in Italy, Greece, Ireland et al, and then come home and see the people we deal with on a daily basis is so disheartening.
Whenever I see a video of a George Floyd protest, or a bunch of thots shutting down a street to twerk and do burnouts- I tell my wife "We didn't see that in Ireland did we??"
Japan is on our list as a country to visit soon and I am looking forward to the cleanliness, order, and efficiency it is known for.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:34 am to ibldprplgld
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I wish the US would’ve adopted this model two hundred years ago.
And let the natives keep the land? Or only allow the first colonists to inhabit the land? Or just any Northern Europeans? Importing slaves and indentured servants kind of threw a wrench in your utopia.
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 1:17 pm
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