Strawman rebuttal. No one has a problem with actually smart people becoming Americans. And I never made any mention of the historical complexity of America. >

Strawman rebuttal. No one has a problem with actually smart people becoming Americans. And I never made any mention of the historical complexity of America. > That appears to be how we built this country. You do realize that the Native Americans would consider this a very racist remark. There did exist advanced civilizations in the Americas before "immigrants" came to try to rule it all. Also, the slaves that helped build this country were not brought here because they were well-educated abroad and driven. And the poor Chinese that helped build this country were not well-educated abroad and driven to build railroads elsewhere in the world. This country was built by driven people, many of whom were very intelligent, but this simplistic view you are proposing is not only not true it is actually degrading to all those in the history of this country that contributed a lot without being considered "smart" by the elite. Perhaps, we should avoid overly simplistic conclusions and viewpoints?