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The U.S. doesn't have an immigration problem. It has a political problem where a faction of nativist nationalists has seized political power.
by metaphorm 10y ago
The U.S. doesn't have an immigration problem. It has a political problem where a faction of nativist nationalists has seized political power.
- api 10y agoWhy did they seize power? Because they were the only ones pointing out the economic collapse of rural and interior America. Liberals should have been in front of this issue but they ignored it, preferring to hide in coastal urban bubbles and navel gaze. So they opened the door to a bunch of demagogues. Immigration may not be a major cause of these problems but it makes a convenient scapegoat.
- metaphorm 10y agoI don't disagree with your analysis. I'm left-leaning in my politics but find myself unwilling to support the Democratic party at all for being politically ineffective, culturally asinine, and for being distressingly corrupt. American politics is in a terrible state right now.
- api 10y agoCompletely agree. I remember the primaries thinking wow... the scary thing is one of these people will be president.