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The Americans have choosen the xenophobic route. As is their right. We who are not Americans can complain, but in the end it is their country, their rules.
by bjourne 9y ago
The Americans have choosen the xenophobic route. As is their right. We who are not Americans can complain, but in the end it is their country, their rules.
- keiferski 9y agoAs an American, please don’t hold fast to this opinion. Yes, a significant portion of the population is sympathetic to such ideas. But only 19% of the population voted for Trump, and a significant amount of that 19% voted for reasons that have nothing to do with immigration. So yes, the ~10% of the population that is anti-immigrant is in power. It’s unfortunate, but it will get better
- victor106 9y agoI agree with this Any country would have 10% of the population that is anti-immigration. I would go so far to say that is true in most countries.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoThere's varying degrees of "anti-immigration." I'd be very willing to bet that there's a larger support for deportation of illegal immigrants than 10%, and those who know anything about H1-B visa issues would mostly be for reform of that program at very least. When forming political generalizations of the country, keep in mind that there are massive cultural differences between regions of the country. Just because you don't know of many people against illegal immigration doesn't mean other states don't have that majority opinion.
- keiferski 9y agoI'm from a small town in rural Pennsylvania ("conservative territory"), subsequently lived in NYC, LA, SF, and other cities scattered around the country ("liberal territory"), and now live in Europe. I'd say I have an accurate opinion of the general lay of the land. But yes, in general you are right. There is no "America." NYC is as different to rural Oklahoma as Paris is to Odessa (Ukraine.)
- nnd 9y agoHow did you come up with 19%?
- bjourne 9y agoYou don't understand. I don't think the US is doing something immoral by stopping immigration. In fact, in the long run maybe it is positive for the world. The guy being deported in the article would surely be beneficial to his native country.
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- TheCoelacanth 9y agoWe didn't choose this. A majority of voters voted against the current administration.
- skue 9y ago> We didn't choose this. A majority of voters voted against the current administration. That’s a cop out. Of course we did. The electoral college is our system. If it doesn’t work, then who but us should fix it? Even if you believe the last election was influenced in underhanded ways, we collectively fell for it. But instead of working together, we’ve become a nation of finger pointers: Not my problem, someone else screwed up.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoI would be all for changing the electoral college, but that would require the agreement of exactly the same people who are given disproportionate power by the electoral college.