Big Lizards has some practical suggestions on immigration reform. I wish we could see more of this pragmatic approach in the blogosphere. However, I am hesitant to amend the Constitution concerning citizenship by birth.
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But the problem is that a return to Ellis Island style assimilation requires cultural self-confidence. The average person has it, but the elites simply don't. A return to those values that encourage assimilation requires dismantling PC culture in academia, in the public education industry, in the judiciary and in the media. And how long will that take? It seems that the greater the influence of these institutions, the higher the wall must be.
There seems to be a tension level when immigrants hit 10-12% of the current population. The last time it happened was in the early '20's with a very restrictive law passed in '25.
Watching the flimflam on the Hill is a delight. PT Barnum knew his chickens.
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But the problem is that a return to Ellis Island style assimilation requires cultural self-confidence. The average person has it, but the elites simply don't. A return to those values that encourage assimilation requires dismantling PC culture in academia, in the public education industry, in the judiciary and in the media. And how long will that take? It seems that the greater the influence of these institutions, the higher the wall must be.
knucklehead:
Have you ever read the Foxfire books? I knew a young man from those mountains and he was positively courtly in a 19th century sort of way.
He called me ma'am.
Knuck,
There seems to be a tension level when immigrants hit 10-12% of the current population. The last time it happened was in the early '20's with a very restrictive law passed in '25.
Watching the flimflam on the Hill is a delight. PT Barnum knew his chickens.
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