Agreed, up to a certain point. You forget to say that more often than not, and surely less and less often after the post-WW2 years, multiculturalism is not something that happens by design. Yes, countries like UK and France had to resort to inviting million of immigrants from ex colonies to rebuild their war-torn economies and infrastructure. Yet the bulk of immigration in recent decades comes from the kind of extreme poverty, lack of basic freedom and corruption that result from their fragile societies being played like fiddlers by either ends of the cold war imperialism (so US or Russia), or the good ol' American corporates or hyper-liberal think tanks.Jester wrote:I would tweak your words a bit, to say, immigration is being invited into someone's home, on trust. If you don't contribute as much or more than you receive, then THAT is theft.
The fact that some goddam immigrant is "hardworking", or "just wants a better life for his family", is bullshit. The same can be said of a hungry termite.
Just ask yourself, how many decent families had to relocate to the same countries, or Germany and Switzerland, or the US themselves, to avoid political or ideological persecution, or the kind of sheer poverty above.
Your ancestors from Armenia should know very well, and judging from what you shared with us you should remember very well.
