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Trump bemoans lack of immigrants from majority-white countries to the US
(www.theguardian.com)
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Why would someone go from a "nice" country to the US? People want to improve their situation
Just wanted to say, please move your conservative ass back to twitter or something. We want to keep Lemmy nice 😊
The U.S. is not some homogeneous entity. It's huge. It has its bad regions, but it also has its awesome regions as well. Just like the U.K.
You're missing the point.
People don't up sticks and move across the world for the fun of it. They do it because they seek a better life, the US mostly can't offer that for people who already live in an advanced country.
Like wise, if you don't want immigrants from "shit hole" countries, your options are to help make their own country better so that they won't want to leave or to make your own country shitter than theirs so that they won't want to come.
Republicans are certainly trying!
I moved to Germany for the fun of it (you could say that I was seeking a better life, I guess.)
I've also moved across states in the U.S. for the fun it.
It can happen.
I'm aware that a whole lot of people do it for different reasons, though.
And yeah, I find it funny when Americans complain about migrants from, say, Central America. They should learn the role the U.S. played in destabilizing the region in the 80s.
But it has no social safety nets really which is what "nice white countries" tend to have. Who wants to move somewhere without universal health care from a place that does?
And also about half the population is certifiable.
You have a point.
And no, not half of the population. Maybe half of the voting population. The newer generations are less tolerant of the ongoing GOP bullshit.
Twice in a row Donald Trump lost the popular vote, by millions of people.