Haha, there's a dozen DP posters that dismiss any source that destroys their position, regularly. It's not just this thread.Originally Posted by Anglo-scot
Haha, there's a dozen DP posters that dismiss any source that destroys their position, regularly. It's not just this thread.
Killing one person is murder, killing 100,000 is foreign policy
Well, let the right tell it and Obama has destroyed it, shelved the constitution, is militarily taking over Texas, is giving nukes to Iran, Europe to Russia. Apparently it's not the good old days anymore.
Killing one person is murder, killing 100,000 is foreign policy
The US has a nett migration rate of +2.4 per 1000. That places it 40th in the world. Per capita it receives fewer immigrants than Canada, Australia, Spain, the UK and a whole host more. I know this spoils the narrative somewhat.
"The crisis will end when fear changes sides" - Pablo Iglesias Turrión
"Austerity is used as a cover to reconfigure society and increase inequality and injustice." - Jeremy Corbyn
And Americans are leaving in record numbers.
While the United States of America was at one point (and largely still is) a magnet for foreigners in search of work, the statistics makes it clear that an opposite trend is quickly picking up steam.
"There's a feeling among more entrepreneurial Americans that if you really want to get anything done, you have to get out of the country and away from the depressing atmosphere," Bob Adams of America Wave tells Reuters. “There's a sense of lost direction, so more people are looking for locations that offer more hope about the future."
Many of those leaving the US have job skills that would transfer quite well in the American market. Instead, however, they chose to bring those out of the States, attracted instead to opportunities elsewhere.
http://rt.com/usa/leaving-us-america-country-289/
Why is Tina Turner switching from American to Swiss citizenship? The legendary singer, a longtime Zurich resident, told the Blick newspaper that she has been very happy in Switzerland and “can’t imagine a better place to live.”
http://world.time.com/2013/01/31/mis...-citizenships/
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_diaspora
Last edited by Montecresto; 05-09-15 at 09:48 AM.
Killing one person is murder, killing 100,000 is foreign policy
Get used to it. 'Hate site' is a very common slur. I take it as an admission of defeat, unless they can point to something very specific that invalidates the content.
List of countries by migration rate
Last edited by Andalublue; 05-09-15 at 09:52 AM.
"The crisis will end when fear changes sides" - Pablo Iglesias Turrión
"Austerity is used as a cover to reconfigure society and increase inequality and injustice." - Jeremy Corbyn
I agree. There's an absence of reasoning ("It's a hate site / propaganda site because....what?"). But we're into the territory of the American imperial identity cult, where reasoning fails. The "greatness" of America is axiomatic in this cult - it just "is", and its truth can't be questioned, otherwise, .... something bad will happen.
Oh, I thought I was special!
OK but be fair: if they didn't know that believing that "the USA is the greatest" is expected of Americans before they arrived, then it's not fair to tell them the news later on and expect them to change instantly. Since coming to the USA, they may have formed a more complex view of America - good things, and bad things, all mixed in. There must be literally tens of millions of people who have strayed down this road unwittingly.
Perhaps you've hit on the need for immigration reform here - make the recognition of American "greatness" an entry requirement. As for those already in the USA, some sort of re-education programme is probably required. What do you think?
I can imagine Tina Turner would do well at Alpine yodelling.
Funny, but you'd be wrong.
Killing one person is murder, killing 100,000 is foreign policy
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