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> Would America had looked more like China if no check were placed on immigration from one particularly huge country? You mean, like the United Kingdom?
by Gigablah 7y ago
> Would America had looked more like China if no check were placed on immigration from one particularly huge country?
You mean, like the United Kingdom?
- simonsarris 7y agoNote that the US is a much more "German" country than English or even UKish, by numbers. Ben Franklin even wrote about it, wishing that the German and Swedish immigrant numbers were decreased in favor of UKish immigrants, noting that their numbers were eclipsing the English. Before world war 1, lots of the USA spoke German, some places much more than English. Then sentiments... changed, towards anglicizing the country.
- onetimemanytime 7y agoOr maybe Tibet? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinicization_of_Tibet#Population_growth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinicization_of_Tibet#Populati... A nation of 22 million was well advised to be careful