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How about immigrants make their countries better?

There's no amount of meritocracy that can override billions of immigrants.

It's why immigrants are coming to America.

And how come Indian teams hire 99% Indians? They don't call that meritocracy with white people....

Also I didn't get lucky. My family has been here for many generations, and helped to build this country, got ancestors died building the railroad My grandfather got a purple heart in world war II.

My ancestors worked hard to contribute to create a country with a stable government and civilized society.

So it is really depressing to see collapsing in on itself. if anyone ever wonders, what Trumps appeal is That's why.

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Try reading for comprehension. The parent said, "You lucking out in which country you’re born in..."

You were lucky in that YOU were born in the US. Your parents could have lived in India. Or China. Or Chad. Or the Ukraine. Just so happens they lived in the US and, as a lucky consequence, you were born in the US.

But unless you're Native American your ancestors weren't born here. They were immigrants too. America is a huge multi-cultural melting pot spanning generations. 97% of the population are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants.

Getting tired of the folk that move in and then say, "Hey, I've got mine. Now it's time to close the door on everyone else."

> America is a huge multi-cultural melting pot spanning generations. 97% of the population are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants.

Only European immigrants for hundreds of years until 1965 Hart Cellar. Coincidentally a few years later:

https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/

> Getting tired of the folk that move in and then say, "Hey, I've got mine. Now it's time to close the door on everyone else."

You're tired!!!?

I'm sick and tired of Western countries being responsible for Eastern countries billions of children! Stop having children! Maybe your country might actually be livable and not be something you want to run away from!

Notice that almost all of the countries that are desirable to immigrate to have a native population with a declining birth rate.

Also no one's closing any doors. any country can create their own prosperous economy? why not do that? Are they incapable of creating their own prosperous economy? It's closing the door because they're incapable of being successful on their own?

Instead Western countries get a billion people trying to immigrate and make the cost of labor dirt cheap.

It's pretty sad situation because the desirable countries are being turned into the rest of the world.

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